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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Farewell was published at the end of Washington's second term. It was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The President began the letter during his first term intending to retire but was persuaded by Hamilton and Jefferson to run for a second. By the end of that term he was the object of scurrilous press attacks and alarmed by the growing partisan bitterness. Fearful for the country's future, Washington pled with his countrymen to resist...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War-a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation"--