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A republic of scoundrels : the schemers, intriguers & adventurers who created a new American nation Cover Image Book

A republic of scoundrels : the schemers, intriguers & adventurers who created a new American nation / edited by David Head & Timothy C. Hemmis.

Schemers, intriguers and adventurers who created a new American nation (portion title)
Head, David (Historian), (editor.). Hemmis, Timothy C., (editor.).

Summary:

This new look at Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton goes beyond their common depictions as American saints to expose the sometimes selfish motives behind their actions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781639364077
  • ISBN: 1639364072
  • Physical Description: xx, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-336) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Timothy C. Hemmis -- "Your best friends are not your countrymen" : the treason of Benedict Arnold / James Kirby Martin -- Charles Lee : the general as scoundrel? / Mark Edward Lender -- Blount's bunko : private fortune through public service in the Southwest Territory, 1970-1796 / Christopher Magra -- "The spitting Lyon" : Matthew Lyon and the Federalists' fears / Shira Lurie -- Devil from Dedham : Jason Fairbanks and the failure of manly virtue / Craig Bruce Smith -- James Wilkinson : schemer, scoundrel, soldier, spy... success? / Samuel Watson -- "The Mexican traveler" : Philip Nolan and the southwestern horse trade / Jackson Pearson -- American adventurers in the Mississippi borderlands : Thomas Green and Georgia's 1785 Bourdon County scheme in Spanish Natchez / Christian Pinnen -- Troubled trio : the Kemper brothers and the rebellion in west Florida, 1804 / Jane H. Plummer -- William Augustus Bowles, the pretender : a Tory adventurer as Native American leader / David Narrett -- Diego de Gardoqui : from hero of the revolution to scoundrel of the early republic / Tyson Reeder -- An American scoundrel on trial : Aaron Burr and his failed insurrection, 1805-1807 / Timothy C. Hemmis -- Conclusion / David Head.

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Subject:
Founding Fathers of the United States.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Pères fondateurs des États-Unis.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809.
United States > Social life and customs > 1775-1783.
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1809.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Genre:
Essays.

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