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Patriotism and Profit - Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City (Hardcover)
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Patriotism and Profit - Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City (Hardcover)
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The untold story of how America's beloved first president, George
Washington, borrowed, leveraged, and coerced his way into
masterminding the key land purchase of the American era, which lead
to the creation the nation's capital city. Contrary to the popular
historical record, Thomas Jefferson was not even a minor player at
The Dinner Table Bargain, now known as The Compromise of 1790. The
real protagonists of the Dinner Table Bargain were President George
Washington and New York Senator Philip Schuyler, who engaged in the
battle that would separate our financial capital from our political
seat of power. Washington and Schuyler's dueling ambitions provoked
an intense decades-long rivalry and a protracted crusade for the
location of the new empire city. Alexander Hamilton, son-in-law to
Schuyler and surrogate son to George Washington, was helplessly
caught in the middle. This invigorating narrative vividly depicts
New York City when it was the nation's seat of government. Susan
Nagel captures the spirit, speech, and sensibility of the era in
full and entertaining form-and readers will get to know the city's
eighteenth-century movers, shakers, and power brokers, who are as
colorful and fascinating as their counterparts today. Delicious
political intrigue and scandalous gossip between the three
competing alpha personalities-George Washington, Philip Schuyler,
and Alexander Hamilton-make this a powerful and resonant history,
reminding us that our Founding Fathers were brilliant but often
flawed human beings. They were avaricious, passionate, and
visionary. They loved, hated, sacrificed, and aspired. Even their
most vicious qualities are part of the reason why, for better or
worse, the United States became the premier modern empire, born
from figures carving their legacies into history. Not only the
dramatic story of how America's beloved first president George
Washington created the nation's capital city, Patriotism &
Profit serves as timely expose on issues facing America today,
revealing the origins behind some of our nation's most pressing
problems.
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