Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders

The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had created

Americans seldom deify their Founding F…

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