Americans did not at first cherish the idea of political
severance from their mother country. In just a few years, however,
they came to desire indepen-dence above all else. What brought
about this change of feeling and how did it affect the lives of
their citizens? To answer these questions, Edmund S. Morgan looks
at three men who may fairly be called the "architects of
independence," the first presidents of the United States. Anecdotes
from their letters and diaries recapture the sense of close
identity many early Americans felt with their country's political
struggles. Through this perspective, Morgan examines the growth of
independence from its initial declaration and discovers something
of its meaning, for three men who responded to its challenge and
for the nation that they helped create.
"The Meaning of Independence, " first published in 1976, has
become one of the standard short works on the first three
presidents of the United States--George Washington, John Adams, and
Thomas Jefferson. When the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the
Organization of American Historians asked 1,500 historians to name
the ten best books about George Washington, this book was one of
those selected. In this updated edition, the author provides a new
preface to address a few remaining concerns he has pondered in the
quarter century since first publication.
Tag: A classic work on the founding by the author of the
bestselling Benjamin Franklin
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