false 3050131 1 <p> Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.&#8212;a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics of slavery, and a target of unbridled land speculation&#8212;our nation's capital? In <i>Washington</i>, acclaimed and award-winning author Fergus M. Bordewich turns his eye to the backroom deal making and shifting alliances between our Founding Fathers and in doing so pulls back the curtain on the lives of slaves who actually built the city. The answers revealed in this eye-opening book are not only surprising and exciting but also illuminate a story of unexpected triumph over a multitude of political and financial obstacles, including fraudulent real estate speculation, overextended financiers, and management more apt for a "banana republic" than an emerging world power. </p> <p> In this page-turning work that reveals the hidden and somewhat unsavory side of the nation's beginnings, Bordewich, once again, brings his novelist's sensibility to a little-known chapter in American history. </p> 3080957 1 5 2008 Washington: The Making of the American Capital total:28|5:7|4:9|3:7|2:3|1:2| 28 100 63 15 2 1 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:27:15 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 20:01:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 07:37:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:57:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:45:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 19:38:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 10:43:03 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 07:59:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:26:04 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:33:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 07:30:46 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:15:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Nov 21 20:28:26 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 20:29:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 02:41:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:44:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Jul 31 07:06:51 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 07:09:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 09:16:42 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:18:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 23 00:31:27 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 00:37:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 11:21:30 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 11:23:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 10:09:55 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:12:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:58:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 00:59:39 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 11:47:13 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 12:05:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 09:34:57 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 10:10:51 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 01:52:57 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 01:53:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 07:48:48 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 07:48:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 14:07:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:07:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 04:17:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 04:17:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3050131