Overview
Contrary to the popular historical record, Thomas Jefferson was not even a minor player at The Dinner Table Bargain, now known as The Compromise of 1790. The real protagonists of the Dinner Table Bargain were President George Washington and New York Senator Philip Schuyler, who engaged in the battle that would separate our financial capital from our political seat of power.Ā Washington and Schuylerās dueling ambitions provoked an intense decades-long rivalry and a protracted crusade for the location of theĀ new empire city. Alexander Hamilton, son-in-law to Schuyler and surrogate son to George Washington, was helplessly caught inĀ the middle.Ā
This invigorating narrative vividly depicts New York City when it was the nationās seat of government. Susan Nagel captures the spirit, speech, and sensibility of the era in full and entertaining formāand readers will get to know the cityās eighteenth-century movers, shakers, and power brokers, who are as colorful and fascinating as their counterparts today. Delicious political intrigue and scandalous gossip between the three competing alpha personalitiesāGeorge Washington, Philip Schuyler, and Alexander Hamiltonāmake this a powerful and resonant history, reminding us that our Founding Fathers were brilliant but oftenĀ flawed human beings.Ā
They were avaricious, passionate, and visionary. They loved, hated, sacrificed, and aspired. Even their most vicious qualities are partĀ of the reason why, for better or worse, the United States became the premier modern empire, born from figures carving theirĀ legaciesĀ into history.Ā
Not only theĀ dramatic story of how Americaās beloved first president George Washington created the nationās capital city,Ā Patriotism & ProfitĀ serves asĀ timely exposĆ© on issues facing AmericaĀ today,Ā revealing the origins behind some of our nationās most pressingĀ problems.
This book title, Patriotism and Profit (Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City), ISBN: 9781643137087, by Susan Nagel, published by Pegasus Books (October 5, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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