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A republic of scoundrels : the schemers, ... Read More

Head, David (Historian),(editor.). Hemmis, Timothy C.,(editor.).

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  • ISBN: 9781639364077
  • ISBN: 1639364072
  • Physical Description: xx, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ... Read More
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

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Introduction / Timothy C. Hemmis -- "Your best ... Read More
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Subject: Founding Fathers of the United States.
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.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Genre: Essays.
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24502. ‡aA republic of scoundrels : ‡bthe schemers, intriguers & adventurers who created a new American nation / ‡cedited by David Head & Timothy C. Hemmis.
24630. ‡aSchemers, intriguers and adventurers who created a new American nation
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-336) and index.
50500. ‡gIntroduction / ‡rTimothy C. Hemmis -- ‡t"Your best friends are not your countrymen" : the treason of Benedict Arnold / ‡rJames Kirby Martin -- ‡tCharles Lee : the general as scoundrel? / ‡rMark Edward Lender -- ‡tBlount's bunko : private fortune through public service in the Southwest Territory, 1970-1796 / ‡rChristopher Magra -- ‡t"The spitting Lyon" : Matthew Lyon and the Federalists' fears / ‡rShira Lurie -- ‡tThe devil from Dedham : Jason Fairbanks and the failure of manly virtue / ‡rCraig Bruce Smith -- ‡tJames Wilkinson : schemer, scoundrel, soldier, spy... success? / ‡rSamuel Watson -- ‡t"The Mexican traveler" : Philip Nolan and the southwestern horse trade / ‡rJackson Pearson -- ‡tAmerican adventurers in the Mississippi borderlands : Thomas Green and Georgia's 1785 Bourdon County scheme in Spanish Natchez / ‡rChristian Pinnen -- ‡tTroubled trio : the Kemper brothers and the rebellion in west Florida, 1804 / ‡rJane H. Plummer -- ‡tWilliam Augustus Bowles, the pretender : a Tory adventurer as Native American leader / ‡rDavid Narrett -- ‡tDiego de Gardoqui : from hero of the revolution to scoundrel of the early republic / ‡rTyson Reeder -- ‡tAn American scoundrel on trial : Aaron Burr and his failed insurrection, 1805-1807 / ‡rTimothy C. Hemmis -- ‡gConclusion / ‡rDavid Head.
520 . ‡aThis 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.
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