{"product_id":"the-spur-of-fame-dialogues-of-john-adams-and-benjamin-rush-1805-1813-hardcover","title":"The Spur of Fame: Dialogues of John Adams and Benjamin Rush, 1805-1813 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn A. Schutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDouglass Adair\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for their generation prove remarkably timely--even for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdams and Rush championed very different views on the nature of the American Revolution and of the republic established with the United States Constitution; yet they shared one of the most important correspondences of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Adams and Benjamin Rush met in 1774 as members of the Continental Congress--Adams from Massachusetts, Rush from Pennsylvania. In 1805, after Adams was defeated in his quest of a second term as the new republic's second President, the two men self-consciously commenced an exchange of letters. Their recurring subject was fame. This emphasis on fame was crucial, Adams and Rush believed, because on the fame attached to individual leaders of the Revolutionary generation would depend the view of the Revolution and of the Constitution and republican government that would be embraced by generations to come, including our own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new Liberty Fund edition of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spur of Fame\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e reproduces a text originally published by the Huntington Library.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouglass Adair\u003c\/strong\u003e (1912-1968) edited the \u003cem\u003eWilliam \u0026amp; Mary Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e from 1947 to 1955, and was a greatly influential professor and writer. Adair co-edited \u003cem\u003eOrigin and Progress of the American Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003eJohn A. Schutz\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 343\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758043234592,"sku":"9780865972865","price":27.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e58030cd97155931fd571f1bd252763c.webp?v=1780117047","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-spur-of-fame-dialogues-of-john-adams-and-benjamin-rush-1805-1813-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}