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Forced Founders

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 peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule.


Author:

  • Woody Holton

Narrator:

  • Cassandra Campbell

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 7 h 30 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • United States of America
  • History
  • Great occurrences and events
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Warfare
  • Social science

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    Woody Holton

    Woody Holton is McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches and researches Early American history, especially the American Revolution, with a focus on economic history and on African Americans, Native Americans, and women. He is the author of several previous books, including Abigail Adams, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize; his second book, Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, was a finalist for the National Book Award.

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