Dinner at Mr. Jefferson＇s: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening that Changed America杰弗逊先生家的晚餐：三人五酒与改变美国之夜

作者： Charles Cerami著

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出版时间： 2008-2-1字数：版次：页数： 270印刷时间： 2008/02/01开本： 32开印次：纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780470083062包装： 挂图内容简介

Only two guests were invited to what was arguably the most elegant, sumptuous, and important dinner party that Thomas Jefferson ever hosted. Each course was prepared and laid out in advance so that no servants would enter the dining room to disrupt conversation and overhear random remarks, which they might later repeat to others. Privacy was imperative. Jefferson believed that the very future of the United States of America depended on convincing Alexander Hamilton to agree to a compromise he and Madison were proposing on two surging issues that threatened to tear the young republic apart.

Plying his guests with fine wine and exquisite cuisine that only a former ambassador to France could provide, Jefferson set the stage for a compromise that enabled the federal government to pay its debts, both domestic and foreign, and make the American dollar "as good as gold."

In Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's, you'll discover the little-known story behind this pivotal evening in American history, complete with wine lists, recipes, and wonderful illustrations of 1790s New York, then the nation's capital. It is a feast not to be missed for lovers of American history, fine dining, and a compelling true story well told.

作者简介：

Charles A. Cerami is the author of several popular histories, including the New York Times extended bestseller Jefferson's Great Gamble, Young Patriots, Benjamin Banneker, and ten other books. He was formerly the foreign affairs editor at the Kiplinger Washington Editors, where he oversaw international subjects for the company's half-dozen weekly publications as well as for Changing Times. His articles have been published in the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, the New York Times, and Foreign Policy.

目录

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1Before the Clash

2An Old Friend's Bombshell

3The Mounting Anger

4The Radical Conservative

5Aggressive Lobbying

6Thoughts of Breaking Up

7Jefferson's Awakening

8A Country without a Capital

9Doubters and Believers

10Nearing a Decision on the Capital

11That Day on the Street

12Dinner at Secretary Jefferson's

13The Philadelphia Story

14Doubts Settled, Doubts Revived

15Hamilton the Unstoppable ?

16Before the Fall

17From Brilliance to Disaster

18The Disappearing Cabinet

19One Heart and One Mind

20The Jefferson Factor

Appendix A: Recipes from Monticello's Kitchen

Appendix B: Alexander Hamilton's Letter to New Coast Guard Officers

Notes

Bibliography

Index