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Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution
Richard Brookhiser
ISBN 13: 9780743256025
Publisher: Free Pr
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Softcover
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Outlines the historical contributions made by the draftsman of the Preamble and American Constitution, discussing his close friendships with Washington and Hamilton, his membership on the Constitutional Convention, his role as envoy during the French Revolution, his multiple lovers, and his 1812 belief that America should be divided.
Review:
"[N]o one will fail to be charmed by this man of fortitude and achievement who 'savored life.'"
Publishers Weekly, 03/24/2003
Review:"For the truth is, Morris's complex character simply does not sit well with his latest biographer. [Brookhiser] seems uneasy with a man so comfortable in all his skins. While Morris easily integrated his roles as statesman and nation-builder, successful businessman, lover of witty women and fine wines, country gentleman and urban sophisticate, Brookhiser proves less deft. Throughout this biography, he keeps Morris's public service and his private hedonism on separate, parallel tracks. When the two collide, the hedonist trumps the statesman every time. Brookhiser's Morris is the Revolution's Falstaff, comic relief for those suffering a surfeit of self-sacrificing George Washingtons and humorless James Madisons."
Carol Berkin, New York Times Book Review, 06/08/2003
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Book Description: SIMON SCHUSTER, United States, 2004. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 216 x 140 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery ***** Print on Demand *****. Since 1996, Richard Brookhiser has devoted himself to recovering the Founding for modern Americans. The creators of our democracy had both the temptations and the shortcomings of all men, combined with the talents and idealism of the truly great. Among them, no Founding Father demonstrates the combination of temptations and talents quite so vividly as the least known of the greats, Gouverneur Morris. His story is one that should be known by every American -- after all, he drafted the Constitution, and his hand lies behind many of its most important phrases. Yet he has been lost in the shadows of the Founders who became presidents and faces on our currency. As Brookhiser shows in this sparkling narrative, Morris's story is not only crucial to the Founding, it is also one of the most entertaining and instructive of all. Gouverneur Morris, more than Washington, Jefferson, or even Franklin, is the Founding Father whose story can most readily touch our hearts, and whose character is most sorely needed today. He was a witty, peg-legged ladies' man. He was an eyewitness to two revolutions (American and French) who joked with George Washington, shared a mistress with Talleyrand, and lost friends to the guillotine. In his spare time he gave New York City its street grid and New York State the Erie Canal. His keen mind and his light, sure touch helped make our Constitution the most enduring fundamental set of laws in the world. In his private life, he suited himself; pleased the ladies until, at age fifty-seven, he settled down with one lady (and pleased her); and lived the life of a gentleman, for whom grace and humanity were as important as birth. He kept his good humor through war, mobs, arson, death, and two accidents that burned the flesh from one of his arms and cut off one of his legs below the knee. Above all, he had the gift of a sunny disposition that allowed him to keep his head in any troubles. We have much to learn from him, and much pleasure to take in his company. Bookseller Inventory # APC9780743256025 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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