Virtue, Valor, and Vanity
by Burns, EricFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-03
Publisher(s): Arcade Pub
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Summary
We think of them now as faces on money or statues on pedestals, and, as Burns shows here in luminous prose, that's exactly what they wanted to be. They all possessed astonishing brilliance, expansive egos, and more than just a little vanity. In this fresh perspective, Burns brings the Founding Fathers down off their pedestals to reveals the flesh-and-blood men-vain and modest, sensitive and stubborn, brilliant and ambitious-who overcame their faults and squabbles to establish a new nation that would shine as a paragon of governance. For the armchair historian, here is an exciting new look at our country's origins. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Eric Burns hosts AE's Arts Entertainment Revue. A former Fox News Watch host, NBC News correspondent, and Today Show pundit, he lives with his wife in Westport, Connecticut
Table of Contents
| Introduction: The Crew of the Concord | p. ix |
| The Beginnings of Celebrity | |
| The Roman Republic | p. 3 |
| The American in Paris | p. 13 |
| Americans at Home | p. 25 |
| The Ingredients of Renown | |
| Ambition | p. 57 |
| Vanity | p. 79 |
| Modesty | p. 91 |
| Jealousy | p. 105 |
| Image | p. 129 |
| Myth | p. 145 |
| The Last Days of Famous Men | |
| A Simple Epitaph | p. 163 |
| The Tombstone at Red Hill | p. 169 |
| An Early Death | p. 175 |
| The Tourist Attraction | p. 181 |
| A Message to the Future | p. 187 |
| John Adams Survives | p. 193 |
| Epilogue: The Autograph of a Not-So-Famous Man | p. 199 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 207 |
| Notes | p. 209 |
| Bibliography | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 233 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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