| Description |
597 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 560-573) and index. |
| Summary |
A brilliant physician and writer, Rush was known as the “American Hippocrates” for pioneering national healthcare and revolutionizing treatment of mental illness and addiction. Yet medicine is only part of his legacy. Dr. Rush was both a progressive thorn in the side of the American political establishment-a vocal opponent of slavery, capital punishment, and prejudice by race, religion or gender-and close friends with its most prominent leaders. He was the protégé of Franklin, the editor of Common Sense, Washington’s surgeon general, and the broker of peace between Adams and Jefferson, yet his stubborn convictions more than once threatened his career and his place in the narrative of America's founding. Drawing on a trove of previously unpublished letters and images, the voluminous correspondence between Rush and his better-known counterparts, and his candid and incisive personal writings, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Stephen Fried resurrects the most significant Founding Father we’ve never heard of and finally installs Dr. Rush in the pantheon of great American leaders. -- from publisher's description. |
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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
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United States. Declaration of Independence -- Signers -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.
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Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780804140065 (hardcover) |
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