John Ferling Audio Books

Once close friends, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson became bitter rivals as they fought for control of the young government.

Even compared to his fellow founders, George Washington stands tall. Our first president has long been considered a stoic hero, holding himself above the rough-and-tumble politics of his day.

From acclaimed historian John Ferling, the story of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and James Monroe's championing of the most radical ideas of the American and French Revolutions.

John Ferling has nearly 40 years of experience as a historian of early America.

In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports listeners to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication.

No event in American history was more pivotal---or more furiously contested---than Congress's decision to declare independence in July 1776....

It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought.