The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

by Fleming, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780061139130
• ISBN10: 0061139130
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1900-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Thomas Fleming's book is divided into 6 books and an appendix; each book is divided into chapters and in depth sections that show both sides of many historical views. For example the appendix and part of the chapter on Jefferson deals with much of the Jefferson - Sally Hemings debate, showing the various interpretations of the DNA testing results and interviews. Both sides of all historical questions with all the men are well covered. Background and historical facts, incidents are given to explain why these men felt, and acted the way they did. There are 22 pages of notes and a detailed index.

Author Biography

Thomas Fleming is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently The Perils of Peace. He has served as president of the Society of American Historians and of the. PEN American Center. Mr. Fleming is a frequent guest on C-Span, PBS, AE, and the History Channel. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
George Washington
The Agonies of Honor	p. 3
Partner In Love and Life	p. 19
From Great Somebody to Lady Washington	p. 36
The Other George Washington Scandals	p. 58
Benjamin Franklin
The Sins of the Father	p. 73
The Oldest Revolutionary	p. 91
Mon Cher Papa	p. 102
John Adams
An Amorous Puritan Finds a Wife	p. 125
Portia's Dubious Diplomat	p. 141
Second Banana Blues	p. 162
Party Of Two	p. 177
Remembering Some Other Ladies	p. 194
Alexander Hamilton
Bastard Son and Wary Lover	p. 209
The Woman in the Middle	p. 224
Love's Secret Triumph	p. 244
Thomas Jefferson
Romantic Voyager	p. 259
The Traumas of Happiness	p. 271
Head Versus Heart	p. 292
The Wages of Fame	p. 309
If Jefferson Is Wrong, Is America Wrong?	p. 328
James Madison
A Shy Genius Makes a Conquest	p. 355
Partners In Fame	p. 369
How To Save a Country	p. 388
Appendix: The Erosion of Jefferson's Image in the American Mind	p. 409
Notes	p. 417
Index	p. 439
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