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THE PATRIOTS - WINSTON GROOM KARTONIERT (TB)

Now in paperback! In this gripping narrative  Winston Groom brings his signature storytelling
panache to the intricately crafted tale of three of our nation s most fascinating founding
fathers Alexander Hamilton  Thomas Jefferson  and John Adams and paints a vivid picture of the
improbable events  bold ideas  and extraordinary characters who created the United States of
America. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory in 1783  there remained the stupendous
problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast  newly independent
country. Three key founding fathers played significant roles: John Adams  the brilliant  dour 
thin-skinned New Englander  Thomas Jefferson  the aristocratic Southern renaissance man  and
Alexander Hamilton  an immigrant from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Their lives and policies
could not have been more different  their relationships with each other were complex  and often
rife with animosity. And yet these three men led the charge two of them creating and signing
the Declaration of Independence  and the third establishing a national treasury and the
earliest delineation of a Republican party. The time in which they lived was fraught with
danger and the smell of liberty in the air  excitement strained by vast antagonisms. But above
it all  they fulfilled the heavy role of creating the United States of America. Drawing on
extensive correspondence  epic tales of war  and rich histories of their day-to-day
interactions  bestselling author Winston Groom shares the remarkable story of the beginnings of
our great nation.

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