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Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America

(PB )

by:
Cerami, Charles

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Product Details:

PB :

288 Pages

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

Pub. Date:

Jun 15, 2009

Photos:

Black and White Photographs

Our Part #:

342226

ISBN-10:

0470450444

ISBN-13:

9780470450444

Description:

Now in Paper!

A New York Times extended bestselling author re-creates the dinner party that saved the union

The Constitution was two years old. Washington was in his first term of office, and the United States was in serious danger. Bitter political rivalry between former allies and two surging issues that inflamed the nation led to grim talk of breaking up the union. Then a single great evening achieved compromises that led to America's great expansion. This book celebrates Thomas Jefferson and his two guests, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, as well as the dinner itself–the courses, the wines, the nature of the conversation-–and the rapid results that followed.

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