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The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe
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About The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies Of
About the Author Kevin R.C. Gutzman is Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University and a faculty member at LibertyClassroom.com. He has his law degree from the University of Texas Law School and his Ph.D. in American history from the University of Virginia. His books include Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary; James Madison and the Making of America; Virginia’s American Revolution; and, with Thomas Woods, Who Killed the Constitution? Product Description “A long, insightful look at three Founder presidents. … Political histories are rarely page-turners, but Gutzman, clearly a scholar who has read everything on his subjects, writes lively prose and displays a refreshingly opinionated eye for a huge cast of characters and their often unfortunate actions. Outstanding historical writing.” ― Kirkus (starred review) A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same political party in American history, from the bestselling author of Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary and James Madison. Before the consecutive two-term administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, there had only been one other trio of its type: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Kevin R. C. Gutzman’s The Jeffersonians is a complete chronicle of the men, known as The Virginia Dynasty, who served as president from 1801 to 1825 and implemented the foreign policy, domestic, and constitutional agenda of the radical wing of the American Revolution, setting guideposts for later American liberals to follow. The three close political allies were tightly related: Jefferson and Madison were the closest of friends, and Monroe was Jefferson’s former law student. Their achievements were many, including the founding of the opposition Republican Party in the 1790s; the Louisiana Purchase; and the call upon Congress in 1806 to use its constitutional power to ban slave imports beginning on January 1, 1808. Of course, not everything the Virginia Dynasty undertook was a success: Its chief failure might have been the ineptly planned and led War of 1812. In general, however, when Monroe rode off into the sunset in 1825, his passing and the end of The Virginia Dynasty were much lamented. Kevin R. C. Gutzman’s new book details a time in America when three Presidents worked toward common goals to strengthen our Republic in a way we rarely see in American politics today. Review “A long, insightful look at three Founder presidents. … Political histories are rarely page-turners, but Gutzman, clearly a scholar who has read everything on his subjects, writes lively prose and displays a refreshingly opinionated eye for a huge cast of characters and their often unfortunate actions. Outstanding historical writing.” ― Kirkus (starred review) “The fragmented story of the Early Republic gets pieced together in Kevin Gutzman's action-packed account. By recovering the shared vision of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, The Jeffersonians provides our most cohesive, coherent, and masterful narrative of politics in the first quarter of the nineteenth century.” ―Robert M. S. McDonald, United States Military Academy at West Point, author of Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time “With this book, one of our leading scholars of the talented Virginians who dominated the early American presidency has provided us an engrossing political history of the period, uniting the story of the Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe administrations into a single narrative account. Rich with detail, spiced with wit and shrewd insight, The Jeffersonians will hold interest for the political philosopher and the political junkie alike. But above all, it demonstrates that a persistent theme ran through the political vision of its protagonists: a suspicion of Federal overreach. That theme has lost none of its relevance for us today.” ―Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Wes
