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245 0 2 _aA republic of scoundrels :
_bthe schemers, intriguers & adventurers who created a new American nation /
_cedited by David Head & Timothy C. Hemmis.
246 3 0 _aSchemers, intriguers and adventurers who created a new American nation
250 _aFirst Pegasus Books cloth edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPegasus Books,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023
300 _axx, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color), map ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-336) and index.
505 0 0 _gIntroduction /
_rTimothy C. Hemmis --
_t"Your best friends are not your countrymen" : the treason of Benedict Arnold /
_rJames Kirby Martin --
_tCharles Lee : the general as scoundrel? /
_rMark Edward Lender --
_tBlount's bunko : private fortune through public service in the Southwest Territory, 1970-1796 /
_rChristopher Magra --
_t"The spitting Lyon" : Matthew Lyon and the Federalists' fears /
_rShira Lurie --
_tThe devil from Dedham : Jason Fairbanks and the failure of manly virtue /
_rCraig Bruce Smith --
_tJames Wilkinson : schemer, scoundrel, soldier, spy... success? /
_rSamuel Watson --
_t"The Mexican traveler" : Philip Nolan and the southwestern horse trade /
_rJackson Pearson --
_tAmerican adventurers in the Mississippi borderlands : Thomas Green and Georgia's 1785 Bourdon County scheme in Spanish Natchez /
_rChristian Pinnen --
_tTroubled trio : the Kemper brothers and the rebellion in west Florida, 1804 /
_rJane H. Plummer --
_tWilliam Augustus Bowles, the pretender : a Tory adventurer as Native American leader /
_rDavid Narrett --
_tDiego de Gardoqui : from hero of the revolution to scoundrel of the early republic /
_rTyson Reeder --
_tAn American scoundrel on trial : Aaron Burr and his failed insurrection, 1805-1807 /
_rTimothy C. Hemmis --
_gConclusion /
_rDavid Head.
520 _aThis new look at Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton goes beyond their common depictions as American saints to expose the sometimes selfish motives behind their actions.
650 0 _aFounding Fathers of the United States.
_9135066
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1775-1783.
_923797
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1783-1809.
_93125
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y1775-1783.
_9124837
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y1783-1865.
_927989
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y18th century.
655 7 _aEssays.
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700 1 _aHead, David
_c(Historian),
_eeditor.
700 1 _aHemmis, Timothy C.,
_eeditor.
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