Revolution in America: Considerations and Comparisons

by Don Higginbotham

Book Overview

Our nation has produced comparatively few statesmen since the eighteenth century--only Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt seem to clearly qualify--whereas the American Revolution elevated several of its key players to a status of the first political order. Even the shortest list must include Franklin, Hamilton, and the first four presidents. The opening essays in Don Higginbotham?s new collection look at the epochal achievements of the Revolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813923840
• ISBN13: 9780813923840
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher