02783nam a22003017a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087020001900102020001600121040001300137041000800150050002600158100003600184245012300220260005500343300004600398504006700444505058100511520120001092600003502292600003702327600003202364650003102396651005402427BJBSDDR20260526134636.0ta260513s2008 nju||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9780470450444 a0470450444 a9780470083062  a0470083069  bengcDLC aeng14a002 E 311bC411d 20081 aCerami, Charles A., d1920-201010aDinner at Mr. Jefferson's : bthree men, five great wines, and the evening that changed America / cCharles A. Cerami. aHoboken, N.J. : bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2008 ax, 270 pages : billustrations ; c23 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.0 aBefore the clash An old friend's bombshell The mounting anger The radical conservative Aggressive lobbying Thoughts of breaking up Jefferson's awakening A country without a capital Doubters and believers Nearing a decision on the capital That day on the street Dinner at Secretary Jefferson's The Philadelphia story Doubts settled, doubts revived Hamilton the unstoppable? Before the fall From brilliance to disaster The disappearing cabinet One heart and one mind The Jefferson factor Recipes from Monticello's kitchen Alexander Hamilton's letter to new coast guard officials a"It was 1790, and Thomas Jefferson and one of his dinner guests, James Madison, were determined to work out a political compromise critical to the nation's future with their third dinner companion (and political opponent), Alexander Hamilton. This gathering around Jefferson's celebrated table involved nothing less than the creation of the young nation's finances, foreign relations and the eventual location of its capital. The dinner's results? An agreement that, Congress willing, the new government would assume the states' war debts, issue bonds to fund the national debt and make the Potomac's banks the capital's permanent site. Congress agreed. Cerami (Jefferson's Great Gamble) presents a fast-paced narrative of an event well-known but never told so brightly, nor at such unnecessary length. While Cerami puts the dinner-table agreement at his story's center, it was but one of a number of seismic events, acts and decisions of the 1790s. Cerami slights many of those when he's not giving us too much detail about other minor ones, such as Jefferson's cooking recipes and a short disquisition (and a long document) on Hamilton's role in the Coast Guard's founding."--Publishers Weekly14aJefferson, Thomas, d1743-182614aHamilton, Alexander, d1757-180414aMadison, James, d1751-1836 4aEstadistaszEstados Unidos 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy1789-1797