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“Why is it that there is a core of truth to the distinctive iconography of the American Revolution, which does not depict dramatic scenes of mass slaughter, but, instead, a gallery of well-dressed personalities in classical poses?”
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“We know that when [Jefferson] made his first official appearance with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin at the French court at Versailles, that physical contrast struck several observers as almost comical, like watching a cannonball, a teapot and a candlestick.”
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“. . . the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton . . . is the only occasion within the revolutionary generation when political differences ended in violence and death rather than in ongoing argument.”
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| Writing Historica...: History and fiction: how much of which? | 119 | 119 | Aug 18, 2013 05:24PM | |
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