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Washington: The Making of the American Capital
by Fergus M Bordewich
from Tantor Media

Features:

• Audiobook
• CD
• Unabridged

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• An Engaging History of the Nation's Capital
  I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book about the history of our nation's capital and why it came to be located where it is. Bordewich explains how the location of the capital was closely tied to the importance of slavery in the South. He describes the details of the negotiations in Congress and how ultimately, to the disappointment of Philadelphia and other contestants, a compromise tying the assumption of debts from the Revolution to the location of the capital placed it where it is today.
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• Really Let Dow
  Allow me firstly to say I went in initially with high expectations for this book. The history of Washington, D.C. had been an area that I knew very little about and was greatly excited when I finally found a book about this on the shelves of my local bookstore. But, how my expectations have changed after reading this book.
  Bordewich gives the reader a cast of characters that otherwise have been regulated to the dustiest pages of history, and whose contributions are indeed worthy of note.
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• Scholarly Backstory
  This well written, easily read account of the decade long saga that is the history of Washington, D.C.'s creation as our national capital brings a bit of scholarly background of the Founding era to a general readership. The political, personal, international, financial, religious, medical, national security, and geographical details that each came to play in the selection and completion of this project are clearly explained. Whether famous or infamous, the players are presented fairly, but without omission... more info

• Washington The Making of An American Capital
  If there is truth in advertising this book should be entitled Washington The Making of an American Capital & A History of Slavery in the United States 1789 - 1801. In an attempt to show the part that African - Americans played in the founding of he nation's capital he spent half of the book talking about the plight of free blacks and slaves in the middle atlantic states during the first dozen years of his country's history. While the book is a very good read it gets tiresome in points and goes overboard... more info

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