{"product_id":"revolutionary-characters-isbn-9780143112082","title":"Revolutionary Characters","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe life of each—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine—is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.\"Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon S. Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. His books have received the Pulitzer, Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes, as well as a National Book Award nomination and the New York Historical Society Prize in American History. They include \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Characters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Purpose of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Americanization of Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of America\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302726389989,"sku":"NP9780143112082","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143112082.jpg?v=1767735721","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/revolutionary-characters-isbn-9780143112082","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}