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
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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
