Adams and Jefferson
A Revolutionary Dialogue
Merrill D. Peterson
Reviews and Awards
"A useful tool, for students enrolled in an intro course, to go one step deepr into U.S. history or one aspect of it."--Ralph Hymes, National Technical Institute for the Deaf
"The course of that more than fifty-year relationship [between Adams and Jefferson] and its healing close are compactly, eloquently traced....This fine little book greatly illuminates the meaning of our political heritage."--Edward Fuller, The Wall Street Journal
"Peterson's beautifully written analysis and interpretation of the familiar and remarkable founders is fresh and useful, with some new insights even for the historian who has read these men and their correspondence many times."--Richard Beale Davis, Key Reporter