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The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation's. We now have a clear-eyed understanding of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton; even so, they are often considered American saints, revered for their wisdom and self-sacrificing service to the nation. However, within the Founding Generation lurked many unscrupulous figures--men who violated the era's expectation of public virtue and advanced their own interests at the expense of others. The early years of the republic were full of self-interested individuals, sometimes succeeding in their plots, sometimes failing, but always shaping the young nation. A Republic of Scoundrels seeks to re-examine the Founding Generation and replace the hagiography of the Founding Fathers with something more realistic: a picture that embraces the many facets of our nation's origins.

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David Head is an associate lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida and a distinguished faculty fellow in history at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He is the author of Privateers of the Americas and A Crisis of Peace, which was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. David Head is an associate lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida and a distinguished faculty fellow in history at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He is the author of Privateers of the Americas and A Crisis of Peace, which was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. Timothy C. Hemmis is an assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. He serves as the Regional Coordinator for the Southwest for the Society for Military History and is the history book review editor for the Presidential Studies Quarterly. Timothy C. Hemmis is an assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. He serves as the Regional Coordinator for the Southwest for the Society for Military History and is the history book review editor for the Presidential Studies Quarterly. Tim Fannon is an actor, director, and teaching artist living in Los Angeles. He received his MFA in acting from Brooklyn College and has studied Shakespeare at the Royal National Theatre and the British Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and in Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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