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  The Virginia dynasty : four presidents and the creation of the American nation

  Author

  Cheney, Lynne V.  

  Publisher:

  Viking,

  Pub date:

  [2020]

  Description:

  437 pages ;

  ISBN:

  1101980044

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  All copies checked out.
  

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  The Virginia dynasty : four presidents and the creation of the American nation
  Cheney, Lynne V.
  

  Personal Author:

  Cheney, Lynne V.

  Title:

  The Virginia dynasty : four presidents and the creation of the American nation / Lynne Cheney.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Viking, [2020]

  Physical descrip:

  437 pages ; 25 cm

  Contents:

  Prologue -- The warriors: from triumph to catastrophe -- River crossing: victory hard won -- The intellectuals: poetry and prose -- Untrodden ground: a nation wholly new -- Schism: breaking the bonds of attachment -- Interregnum: the President from Braintree -- The spirit of '76: the Virginians return -- Securing independence: war under the Constitution -- Dynasty's end: gathering storm clouds -- Epilogue.

  Summary:

  A group portrait of America's first four presidents from Virginia focuses on a series of key historical episodes that illustrate how the myriad leadership roles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe promoted transcendental, if contradictory, national views about freedom and equality.

  Held by:

  TWNHICKORY TUCKAHOE

  Personal subject:

  Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

  Personal subject:

  Madison, James, 1751-1836.

  Personal subject:

  Monroe, James, 1758-1831.

  Personal subject:

  Washington, George, 1732-1799.

  Subject term:

  Founding Fathers of the United States--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Presidents--United States--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Statesmen--Virginia--Biography.

  Geographic term:

  United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

  Genre index term:

  Biographies. lcgft