Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800

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    Running Time: 113200
    Narrator: Jack Garrett
    Publisher: Recorded Books,

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  • Author: Ferling, John E.
    Contributor:

    Garrett, Jack

    Summary:

    In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.

    Contents:
    • Election eve, 1800
    • 'An affection that can never die' : Adams and Jefferson
    • 'Dark and menacing evils' : creating the new national system, 1786-1792
    • 'War on our own citizens' : partisanship, 1793-1796
    • 'Quite at my leisure' : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796
    • 'A narrow squeak,' 1796 : the first contested presidential election
    • 'To recover self-government' : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798
    • 'Our Bonaparte' : summer 1798 to autumn 1799
    • 'We beat you by superior management' : winter and spring, 1800
    • 'The boisterous sea of liberty' : the campaign of 1800
    • 'The intention of our fellow citizens' : the election of 1800
    • 'Give them the horrors' : the House decides the election
    • 'The creed of our political faith' : Jefferson's inauguration
    • Epilogue : the revolution of 1800.
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449889319

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Garrett, Jack

Abstract

In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.

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Prince Frederick, Md.

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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