Hlustaðu og lestu

Stígðu inn í heim af óteljandi sögum

  • Lestu og hlustaðu eins mikið og þú vilt
  • Þúsundir titla
  • Getur sagt upp hvenær sem er
  • Engin skuldbinding
Prófa frítt
is Device Banner Block 894x1036

The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789

2 Umsagnir

4

Lengd
11Klst. 6Mín.
Tungumál
enska
Format
Flokkur

Saga

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

""An elegantly written account of leadership at the most pivotal moment in American history"" (Philadelphia Inquirer): Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson reveals how George Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first president.

After leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington shocked the world: he retired. In December 1783, General Washington, the most powerful man in the country, stepped down as Commander in Chief and returned to private life at Mount Vernon. Yet as Washington contentedly grew his estate, the fledgling American experiment floundered. Under the Articles of Confederation, the weak central government was unable to raise revenue to pay its debts or reach a consensus on national policy. The states bickered and grew apart. When a Constitutional Convention was established to address these problems, its chances of success were slim. Jefferson, Madison, and the other Founding Fathers realized that only one man could unite the fractious states: George Washington. Reluctant, but duty-bound, Washington rode to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to preside over the Convention.

Although Washington is often overlooked in most accounts of the period, this masterful new history from Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward J. Larson brilliantly uncovers Washington’s vital role in shaping the Convention—and shows how it was only with Washington’s support and his willingness to serve as President that the states were brought together and ratified the Constitution, thereby saving the country.

© 2014 HarperAudio (Hljóðbók): 9780062350923

Útgáfudagur

Hljóðbók: 7 oktober 2014

Aðrir höfðu einnig áhuga á...

  1. A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign Edward J. Larson
  2. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson And The Opening Of The American West Stephen E. Ambrose
  3. The Last of the President's Men Bob Woodward
  4. Born to Battle: Grant and Forrest: Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga; the Campaigns That Doomed the Confederacy Jack Hurst
  5. 1776 David McCullough
  6. The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity Michael Duffy
  7. The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace Paul Thomas Chamberlin
  8. How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800 Jonathan Scott
  9. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernow
  10. The Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies David La Vere
  11. Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate Paul Lay
  12. Brave Companions David McCullough
  13. American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850: A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850 Alan Taylor
  14. 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder Arthur Herman
  15. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
  16. A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh
  17. Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin’s Spies Gordon Corera
  18. To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 Bret Baier
  19. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe
  20. Jefferson’s War: America’s First War on Terror 1801–1805 Joseph Wheelan
  21. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William L. Shirer
  22. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee
  23. Iran: A Modern History Abbas Amanat
  24. Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq John W. Dower
  25. Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe Jonathan W. Jordan
  26. A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 Stanley G. Payne
  27. Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII Gareth Russell
  28. Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914 - 1921 Laura Engelstein
  29. Lancaster and York Alison Weir
  30. Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 Max Hastings
  31. Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors Alison Weir
  32. Centuries of Change Ian Mortimer
  33. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History Robert D. Kaplan
  34. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Barbara W. Tuchman
  35. The Great Siege: Malta 1565 Ernle Bradford
  36. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  37. The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
  38. Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West Anthony Pagden
  39. The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe John Toland
  40. Charlemagne Johannes Fried
  41. Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
  42. Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth Adam Zamoyski

Veldu áskrift

  • Yfir 900.000 hljóð- og rafbækur

  • Yfir 400 titlar frá Storytel Original

  • Barnvænt viðmót með Kids Mode

  • Vistaðu bækurnar fyrir ferðalögin

Vinsælast

Unlimited

Besti valkosturinn fyrir einn notanda

3290 kr /mánuði
3 dagar frítt
  • 1 aðgangur

  • Ótakmörkuð hlustun

  • Yfir 900.000 hljóð- og rafbækur

  • Engin skuldbinding

  • Getur sagt upp hvenær sem er

Prófaðu frítt

Family

Fyrir þau sem vilja deila sögum með fjölskyldu og vinum.

Frá 3990 kr/mánuði
3 dagar frítt
  • 2-6 aðgangar

  • 100 klst/mán fyrir hvern aðgang

  • Yfir 900.000 hljóð- og rafbækur

  • ‎Engin skuldbinding

  • Getur sagt upp hvenær sem er

2 aðgangar

3990 kr /á mánuði
Prófaðu frítt