Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United States
The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Tom Paine's political blueprint for the United States.In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having a better hand at pulling down than building.” Adams's dismissive remark has helped shape the prevailing view of Tom Paine ever since. But, as Edward G. Gray shows in this fresh, illuminating work, Paine was a builder. He had a clear vision of success for his adopted country. It was embodied in an architectural project that he spent a decade planning: an iron bridge to span the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia.When Paine arrived…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-24855-5
- EAN: 9780393248555
- Produktnummer: 34248149
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'750 KB
- Abbildungen: 8 pages of illustrations
Über den Autor
Edward G. Gray is a professor of history at Florida State University and the author of several important works in early American history.
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