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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this absorbing, brisk account, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson (Summer of the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion) recreates the dramatic presidential race of 1800, which, Larson says, stamped American democracy with its distinctive partisan character as Republicans and Federalists battled for the presidency. Larson explains how a race between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson actually ended in a tie between Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr. (The tie was resolved by Congress.) The bitter infighting and the sophisticated political jockeying of 1800 spelled the end of any idea that America would be governed by enlightened consensus, resulting instead in the two-party system we know today. Readers will find many similarities between the intense electioneering of Adams and Jefferson, and the heated political races of today. For instance, Larson delineates debates about security and the Alien and Sedition Acts, the complex calculus of the Electoral College and the ad hominem remarks of commentators. Larson's volume will join Susan Dunn's Jefferson's Second Revolution as an invaluable study of a crucial chapter in the lives of the founding fathers—and of the nation. First serial to American History magazine.(Sept. 18)
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From AudioFile
As we near the 2008 election, this book offers an in-depth view of the first true presidential campaign, the 1800 election involving John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Charles Pinckney. But the Electoral vote ended up in a tie, and the decision was left to the House of Representatives, who chose Jefferson and Burr. The overall election was heated and bitter to the point that it makes todays political disagreements seem almost tame. Narrator John Dossett has a brisk reading style thats easy to follow. He slows his delivery whenever hes reading a direct quotation, a helpful distinction, and uses a slightly aristocratic Southern accent for Jeffersons quotes. The book itself is so detailed that only listeners keenly interested in politics will enjoy even the abridgment fully. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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In this absorbing, brisk account, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson (Summer of the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion) recreates the dramatic presidential race of 1800, which, Larson says, stamped American democracy with its distinctive partisan character as Republicans and Federalists battled for the presidency. Larson explains how a race between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson actually ended in a tie between Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr. (The tie was resolved by Congress.) The bitter infighting and the sophisticated political jockeying of 1800 spelled the end of any idea that America would be governed by enlightened consensus, resulting instead in the two-party system we know today. Readers will find many similarities between the intense electioneering of Adams and Jefferson, and the heated political races of today. For instance, Larson delineates debates about security and the Alien and Sedition Acts, the complex calculus of the Electoral College and the ad hominem remarks of commentators. Larson's volume will join Susan Dunn's Jefferson's Second Revolution as an invaluable study of a crucial chapter in the lives of the founding fathers—and of the nation. First serial to American History magazine.(Sept. 18)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile
As we near the 2008 election, this book offers an in-depth view of the first true presidential campaign, the 1800 election involving John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Charles Pinckney. But the Electoral vote ended up in a tie, and the decision was left to the House of Representatives, who chose Jefferson and Burr. The overall election was heated and bitter to the point that it makes todays political disagreements seem almost tame. Narrator John Dossett has a brisk reading style thats easy to follow. He slows his delivery whenever hes reading a direct quotation, a helpful distinction, and uses a slightly aristocratic Southern accent for Jeffersons quotes. The book itself is so detailed that only listeners keenly interested in politics will enjoy even the abridgment fully. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
See all Editorial Reviews