{"product_id":"revolutionary-characters-what-made-the-founders-different","title":"Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRevolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eGordon S Wood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143112082\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe life of each--Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine--is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different | Gordon S Wood | Paperback | 9780143112082 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1742031 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168985002136,"sku":"1742031","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different | Gordon S Wood | Paperback | 9780143112082 | Used: Good | Back Stacks F 1744235","offer_id":48199545847960,"sku":"1744235","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different | Gordon S Wood | Paperback | 9780143112082 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks H 1749185","offer_id":48858685178008,"sku":"1749185","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81A5QniteKL.jpg?v=1771983382","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/revolutionary-characters-what-made-the-founders-different","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}