On the morning of his inauguration in 1801 Thomas Jefferson took his usual seat at the bottom of a boarding-house table. From there Johnson follows the Virginia Dynasty of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe: the war with the Barbary corsairs, the Louisiana Purchase, the pursuit of the Floridas, Aaron Burr’s conspiracy, the embargo of 1807 and the road to the War of 1812.
A brisk volume from the Chronicles of America series, ideal for readers of the early republic. Download the free EPUB.