{"product_id":"1789-thomas-b-allen-9781538197851","title":"1789: George Washington and the Founders Create America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Historian Allen] recreates in this meticulous and fast-moving posthumous account the events of the pivotal year 1789 in America. It's a superb distillation of a complex moment in U.S. history.\"-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1789: George Washington and the Founders Create America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003edraws on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, setting out to show the world at large that a new--and very American--form of government was calling itself into being. \"No future session of Congress will ever have so arduous and weighty a charge on their hands,\" the \u003ci\u003eNew York Gazette \u003c\/i\u003eobserved in summer 1789. \"No examples to imitate, and no striking historical facts on which to ground their decisions--All is bare creation.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Constitution had been written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. But 1789 was the year the government it described--albeit only in the broadest of terms--had to be brought into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran journalist Thomas B. Allen brings decades of experience and a gifted storyteller's eye to the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the Founders set the federal government into motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas B. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538197855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538197851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.40w x 1.25d","brand":"Thomas B. Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897942434047,"sku":"9781538197851","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4003aba8-8d0d-4db0-a1f4-3895c8107a0c.jpg?v=1721375120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/1789-thomas-b-allen-9781538197851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}