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The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible Audiobook, by David Sehat Play Audiobook Sample

The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible Audiobook

The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible Audiobook, by David Sehat Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Tom Perkins Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781494581732

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

16

Longest Chapter Length:

45:47 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

03:34 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

30:43 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Beginning with the debate between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton over the future of the nation and continuing through the Civil War, the New Deal, the Reagan Revolution, and Obama and the Tea Party, many pols have asked, "What would the Founders do?" instead of "What is the common good today?" Recently, both the Right and the Left have used the Founders to sort through such issues as voting rights, campaign finance, free speech, gun control, taxes, and war and peace. They have used an outdated context to make sense of contemporary concerns.

This oversimplification obscures our real issues. From Jefferson to this very day we have looked to the eighteenth century to solve our problems, even though the Fathers themselves were a querulous and divided group who rarely agreed. Coming to terms with the past, David Sehat suggests, would be the start of a productive debate. And in this account, which is by turns informative, colorful, and witty, he shows us why.

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"Highly recommended for political junkies, historians, and rhetoricians."

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About David Sehat

David Sehat is associate professor of history at Georgia State University. His first book, The Myth of American Religious Freedom, won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians.

About Tom Perkins

Tom Perkins, an award-winning audio engineer for over forty years, has expanded his skills to narrating and has earned an AudioFile Earphones Award. He learned by working with the world’s best voice talent during his career, and he continues to engineer a variety of projects.