William Hogeland has published in numerous print and online periodicals, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and Slate. He lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York.
"A great read -- and an intelligent, insightful, and bold look at
an overlooked but vital incident in American history."
-- Kevin Baker, author of Strivers Row
"A vigorous, revealing look at a forgotten...chapter in American
history, one that invites critical reconsideration of a founding
father or two."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Hogeland's judicious, spirited study offers a lucid window into a
mostly forgotten episode in American history and a perceptive
parable about the pursuit of political plans no matter what the
cost to the nation's unity."
-- Publishers Weekly
"This is the most compelling and dramatically rendered story of the
Whiskey Rebellion ever written. It is so riveting that one almost
imagines being on the Pennsylvania frontier when the benighted
farmers resisted the federal government and tried to cope with the
huge army sent west to bludgeon them into submission. Hogeland
unravels complex economic issues, shifting political ideologies,
and legal maneuverings with uncommon skill, and he has brought to
life in beautifully polished prose a cast of characters: insurgent
farmers wearing blackface, religious mystics, radical
intellectuals, stiff-necked financiers, land speculators, and -- of
course -- Hamilton, Washington, and other iconic figures of the
revolutionary era who heaped wrath on the hardscrabble inheritors
of revolutionary radicalism. Every American who values the history
of how liberty and authority have stood in dynamic tension
throughout the last three centuries should read this luminous
book."
-- Gary B. Nash, Professor of History and Director of the National
Center for History in the Schools, UCLA
During his terms in office, George Washington faced the unenviable task of uniting a fractious and insolvent nation while dealing with British harassment and political infighting. His biggest crisis, however, was dealing with the protests in western Pennsylvania over the first federal tax on a domestic product-whiskey. Rebellious gangs threatened secession and even civil war. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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