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The book tells the story of the 1800 election between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Jefferson was the Republican candidate and Adams was the Federalist candidate. The election was very contentious and resulted in many broken friendships. There were also scandals, riots, slander, and jailings.
America Afire is the powerful story of the election of 1800, arguably the most important election in America's history and certainly one of the most hotly disputed. Former allies Adams and Jefferson, president versus vice president, Federalist versus Republican, squared off in a vicious contest that resulted in broken friendships, scandals, riots, slander, and jailings in the fourth presidential election under the Constitution.
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