{"product_id":"sex-and-the-founding-fathers-thomas-a-foster-9781439911037","title":"Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past","description":"\u003cp\u003e Biographers, journalists, and satirists have long used the subject of sex to define the masculine character and political authority of America's Founding Fathers. Tracing these commentaries on the Revolutionary Era's major political figures in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSex and the Founding Fathers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Foster shows how continual attempts to reveal the true character of these men instead exposes much more about Americans and American culture than about the Founders themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSex and the Founding Fathers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the remarkable and varied assessments of the intimate lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Gouverneur Morris from their own time to ours. Interpretations can change radically; consider how Jefferson has been variously idealized as a chaste widower, condemned as a child molester, and recently celebrated as a multicultural hero. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foster considers the public and private images of these generally romanticized leaders to show how each generation uses them to reshape and reinforce American civic and national identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439911037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439911037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Thomas A. Foster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088280072447,"sku":"9781439911037","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afb8d5aa-e5f8-4c24-8763-be3c23e9b748.jpg?v=1769104032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-and-the-founding-fathers-thomas-a-foster-9781439911037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}