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Thomas Jefferson

Passionate Pilgrim

By: Alf Johnson Mapp (Jr.),Alf J. Mapp, Jr.

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Thomas Jefferson

Passionate Pilgrim

By: Alf Johnson Mapp (Jr.),Alf J. Mapp, Jr.

Follows Jefferson from his inauguration as President in 1801 to his death at the age of 83 on July 4, 1826. It embraces the eight years as Chief Executive in which he doubled the size of the United States by his daring Louisiana Purchase, sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on one of the world's greatest expeditions of exploration, and challenged the formidable Chief Justice John Marshall with a major program of judicial reform. It proves the falseness of the stereotype that Jefferson ignored national defense and tried to keep the Navy weak. The book shows him late in life, with ideas that have relevance today, planning a system of public education and founding the University of Virginia, and it reveals, better than any other biography to date, the intimate details of the lonely private battle he fought during his last tortured, but ultimately triumphant, decade.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742564401

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9780742564404

The Faiths of Our Fathers

What America's Founders Really Believed

By: Alf J. Mapp

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The Faiths of Our Fathers

What America's Founders Really Believed

By: Alf J. Mapp

In this book, the author cuts through historical uncertainty to accurately portray the religious beliefs of 11 of America's founding fathers. (Motivation)

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196

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742531155

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9780742531154

The Golden Dragon

Alfred the Great and His Times

By: Alf J. Mapp

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The Golden Dragon

Alfred the Great and His Times

By: Alf J. Mapp

King Alfred. Everybody knows that he is called “the Great,” but few remember why. Forgetfulness is strange, for few men have led lives so full of physical, mental, and spiritual adventure, or influenced in so many ways the lives of people in every part of the globe. The Golden Dragon is his fascinating and moving story, told afresh with the aid of recent archaeological evidence and research in four languages. Alfred’s achievements have melted cynicism. Gibbon called him “the greatest of English kings”; Hume, “the greatest man in history.” Voltaire declared, “I know not whether there has ever been a man on earth worthier of posterity’s respect.” When his kingdom was reduced to thirty acres, he fought back with such courage and genius that he expelled the Viking invaders and made possible the saving of Western civilization. His list of accomplishments is amazing: transcendent diplomat, Europe’s greatest naval designer, notable architect, law giver, founder of the oldest literary tradition in the Occident, originator of a system of public education, and producer of translations that have endured a thousand years. The author’s research led him to the conclusion that the ninth-century English kin was the superior of Charlemagne in almost every respect, and indeed was one of the greatest geniuses Western civilization has ever produced. Alfred’s courage, faith, and temperance are enduring examples for modern men.

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259

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1590773780

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9781590773789

Three Golden Ages

Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's Founding

By: Alf J. Mapp

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Three Golden Ages

Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's Founding

By: Alf J. Mapp

In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?

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670

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Madison Books

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146173598X

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9781461735984

Frock Coats and Epaulets

The Men Who Led the Confederacy

By: Alf J. Mapp

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Frock Coats and Epaulets

The Men Who Led the Confederacy

By: Alf J. Mapp

The passion of Robert E. Lee and the puritan streak in cavalier J. E. B. Stuart are only two of the surprises in Alf J. Mapp Jr.'s highly regarded psychological analysis of Confederate military and political leaders. In this beautifully written book, Mapp also brings to life the defensively genteel Jefferson Davis, the paradoxically bold retreater Joseph E. Johnston, the amazingly transformed "Stonewall" Jackson, and the mysterious and astonishingly durable Judah P. Benjamin. Mapp's first-rate scholarship, fresh insights, and exciting prose have made Frock Coats and Epaulets essential reading for generation of historians and readers interested in the Civil War. Revised and with a new introduction and updated bibliography, Mapp's classic study of the men who led the Confederate rebellion against the United States will appeal to a whole new generation of Americans.

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514

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442248777

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9781442248779

Thomas Jefferson

Passionate Pilgrim

By: Alf Johnson Mapp (Jr.),Alf J. Mapp, Jr.

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Passionate Pilgrim

By: Alf Johnson Mapp (Jr.),Alf J. Mapp, Jr.

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