Overview
Sick of politics as usual? Tired of the same old corporate puppets and lobbyist-driven decisions? Wondering if the U.S. is really the shining beacon of democracy it claims to be? You're in good company. First published in 1806, Thomas Green Fessenden's Democracy Unveiled is a satirical masterpiece that could easily be mistaken for today's commentary on corruption, hypocrisy, and media lies. Its biting critique of American politics will have you laughing-and cringing-at how little has changed. And here's a twist: most of the book isn't even the main text. The copious and epic footnotes take up more space than the verses, so you get satire and entire separate essays alongside. The snooty, condescending, and ironic tone only adds to their appeal. Conspiracy enthusiasts will be gratified to find extensive references to Augustin Barruel and John Robison, authors of Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism and Proofs of a Conspiracy respectively, which pinned the French Revolution on the the intrigues of the philosophes, the Freemasons, the Illuminati, and their secret societies. And if you're not a fan of Thomas Paine, Fessenden castigates him too, along with his former admirer and subsequently hostile biographer, James Cheetham. Some things just never get old!
Full Product Details
Author: Thomas Green Fessenden
Publisher: Spradabach Publishing
Imprint: Spradabach Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9781909606517
ISBN 10: 1909606510
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 28 October 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Born in Walpole, New Hampshire, Thomas Green Fessenden (1771-1837) graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Vermont with Nathaniel Chipman while writing humorous poems for the Farmer's Weekly Museum of Walpole. In London he ruined himself financially with a hydraulic machine and a patent mill on the River Thames, but in 1803 he had better luck with ""Terrible Tractoration"", a poem satirising physicians opposed to using instruments (yes, there were some). Back in the United States, he edited a concatenation of periodicals, including the Weekly Inspector (NY), the Reporter, the Intelligencer (VT), New England Farmer, The Horticultural Register, and The Silk Manual (MA). His final work was The Complete Farmer and Rural Economist (1834), which enjoyed revisions, improvements, and enlargements over its ten editions.
