Setting the World Ablaze : Washington, Jefferson, and the American Revolution

"Setting the World Ablaze" is a biographical study of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and their struggle to erect a new nation.

The three sections of Ferling's study chronologically examine major epochs in the lives of the three men: youth and early adulthood, the years surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence and, finally, defeat of the British in the Revolutionary War.

This book is intended for students and scholars of American history, politics, government, and general readers.