Fame & the Founding Fathers - Essays by Douglass Adair (Hardcover)

The fifteen articles, essays, notes, and documents gathered in this collection are a permanent contribution to study of the American founding. For, among historians of the founding era, the late Douglass Adair is a revered figure. As teacher, critic, and editor of the "William & Mary Quarterly, " Adair demonstrated what Trevor Colbourn--one of his principal students--describes as an "extraordinary ability to enter empathetically into the experience and ideology of the Founding Fathers while at the same time writing about them critically and movingly." The volume also includes an affectionate reminiscence of Adair by Caroline Robbins and a bibliographical essay by Robert E. Shalhope.Douglass Adair (1912-1968) was a Professor of History and Editor of the "William & Mary Quarterly."Trevor Colbourn is President Emeritus of Central Florida University.

General

Imprint:	Liberty Fund
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	Douglass Adair
Editors:	Trevor Colbourn
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	495
ISBN-13:	978-0-86597-192-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-86597-192-7
Barcode:	9780865971929

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