Ever since Douglass Adair convincingly demonstrated that a love of fame was central to the American founding, political scientists and historians have started to view the Founders and their acts in a new light. In The Noblest Minds, ten distinguished scholars examine this pass. . .
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Chapter 1 Fame, Founders, and the Idea of Founding in the Eighteenth Century Chapter 2 Ben Franklin, Hero Chapter 3 George Washington and the Life of Honor Chapter 4 John Adams and the Quest for Fame Chapter 5 "The Holy Cause of Freedom": The Libertarian Legacy of Thomas Jefferson Chapter 6 James Madison: Memory, Service, and Fame Chapter 7 Alexander Hamilton, the Love of Fame, and Modern Democratic Statesmanship Chapter 8 John Marshall and the "False Glare" of Fame Chapter 9 Fame and The Federalist Chapter 10 The Classical and Modern Liberal Understandings of Honor Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Contributors
