Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic

by Matthew Stewart

Book Overview

Not only the erudite Thomas Jefferson, the wily and elusive Ben Franklin, and the underappreciated Thomas Paine, but also Ethan Allen, the hero of the Green Mountain Boys, and Thomas Young, the forgotten Founder who kicked off the Boston Tea Party--these radicals who founded America set their sights on a revolution of the mind. Derided as "infidels" and "atheists" in their own time, they wanted to liberate us not just from one king but from the tyranny...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393064549
• ISBN13: 9780393064544
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.8"