An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as delegates to the Continental Congress in 1775, they initiated correspondence in 1777, negotiated jointly as ministers in Europe...(展开全部)

The late Lester J. Cappon was director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture and editor-in-chief of the Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790.

In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly contested tie, and the government neared collapse. The Supreme Court had no clear purpose or powerno one had even thought to build it a courtroom in the new capital city. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of the electo...(展开全部)

Following the bitterly contested election between Adams and Jefferson in 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of the electorate by packing the courts, it became evident that the new Constitution was limited in its powers. Change was in order and John Marshall stepped up to the challenge. The...(展开全部)

In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly contested tie, and the government neared collapse. The Supreme Court had no clear purpose or powerno one had even thought to build it a courtroom in the new capital city. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of the electo...(展开全部)

Following the bitterly contested election between Adams and Jefferson in 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of the electorate by packing the courts, it became evident that the new Constitution was limited in its powers. Change was in order and John Marshall stepped up to the challenge. The...(展开全部)

约翰•托里•莫尔斯（John Tory Morse Jr，1840—1937），美国历史学家和传记作家。1840年，他出生于马萨诸塞州波士顿，1862年获得马萨诸塞州律师资格，在公共政策、经济学和社会理论方面著述颇丰。他曾担任过美国《国际评论》编辑。其代表作有《亚历山大•汉密尔顿》《约翰•亚当斯》《约翰•昆西•亚当斯》《杰斐逊总统》《亚伯拉罕•林肯》《本杰明•富兰克林》等作品。 买天春，男，生于1981年，甘肃天祝人，西北师范大学翻译专业硕士研究生，一级教师，现任教于甘肃省天祝县第一中学，主要从事翻译和英语教育教学工作。

约翰•托里•莫尔斯（John Tory Morse Jr，1840—1937），美国历史学家和传记作家。1840年，他出生于马萨诸塞州波士顿，1862年获得马萨诸塞州律师资格，在公共政策、经济学和社会理论方面著述颇丰。他曾担任过美国《国际评论》编辑。其代表作有《亚历山大•汉密尔顿》《约翰•亚当斯》《约翰•昆西•亚当斯》《杰斐逊总统》《亚伯拉罕•林肯》《本杰明•富兰克林》等作品。 买天春，男，生于1981年，甘肃天祝人，西北师范大学翻译专业硕士研究生，一级教师，现任教于甘肃省天祝县第一中学，主要从事翻译和英语教育教学工作。

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was le...(展开全部)

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was le...(展开全部)