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Adams vs. Jefferson the tumultuous election of 1800
—Ferling, John E.
2011

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In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.

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Edition: Unabridged.

Description: 1 audio file (11 hr., 30 min.) : digital.

Other Title: Adams versus Jefferson [restricted eAudiobook (NNELS)]

Notes:

  • Downloadable audio file.
  • Title from title screen (viewed March 3, 2011).
  • Restricted to use by people with documented print impairment.
  • Narrated by Jack Garrett.
  • 9781449889319
  • Mode of access: World wide web
  • NNELS

Contents:

  • Election eve, 1800
  • 'An affection that can never die' : Adams and Jefferson
  • 'Dark and menacing evils' : creating the new national system, 1786-1792
  • 'War on our own citizens' : partisanship, 1793-1796
  • 'Quite at my leisure' : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796
  • 'A narrow squeak,' 1796 : the first contested presidential election
  • 'To recover self-government' : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798
  • 'Our Bonaparte' : summer 1798 to autumn 1799
  • 'We beat you by superior management' : winter and spring, 1800
  • 'The boisterous sea of liberty' : the campaign of 1800
  • 'The intention of our fellow citizens' : the election of 1800
  • 'Give them the horrors' : the House decides the election
  • 'The creed of our political faith' : Jefferson's inauguration
  • Epilogue : the revolution of 1800.

Publisher or Distributor Number: Z1803

Control Number: 1155600

Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2004.
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