In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peer
In this fascinating examination of recent scholarship in early American Republic historiography, Woody Holton shifts the focus away from the typical Founding Fathersmodel towards the contributions of
The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s ChoiceAmerican Heritage, Best of 2009In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious woman of the founding era, Bancroft Award–
Average Americans Were the True Framers of the ConstitutionWoody Holton upends what we think we know of the Constitution’s origins by telling the history of the average Americans who challenged
In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of slaves who seized freedom by joining the British a
Brief and affordable, yet careful not to sacrifice elements vital to student learning, "America "gives students and instructors everything they want -- and nothing they don't. The authors' own abridge
