Brent Tarter is a founding editor of the Library of Virginia’s Dictionary of Virginia Biography and a cofounder of the annual Virginia Forum.
The Grandees of Government consists of a chronological series of
essays taking us from the founding of Jamestown to the present day.
As founding editor of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography at the
Virginia State Library, Tarter displays an unequaled mastery of the
primary sources and literature on Virginia in all periods....
Tarter's book gives us some reason to hope that another Virginia
with a different history is now emerging, that the "continuity" he
has so effectively delineated will give way at last to "change."--
"American Political Thought"
[A]n intriguing look... With a narrative sweep running from the
1600s into the present day, Tarter evaluates the words and actions
of Virginia's political leaders.-- "Richmond Times-Dispatch"
Brent Tarter's The Grandees of Government written by a senior
Virginiahistorian with a comprehensive understanding of the
commonwealth's history, offers a well-measuredand comprehensive
litany of those deficiencies.... Check out [the book] if you are
interested in a serious analysis of the Virginia Way and its
implications.-- "Roanoke Times"
Engaging, insightful, and important. Indeed, there is no book like
it. Only a handful of people can contend with Brent Tarter in their
knowledge of the whole sweep of Virginia history, and probably
nobody is as thoroughly acquainted as he is with the sources--both
the secondary literature and the available primary documents. An
event, and a must-read for anyone who cares about Virginia
history.--John d'Entremont, H. Jack Professor of History, Randolph
College
Tarter is a mature scholar who has thought long and deeply about
Virginia, and he unquestionably knows more about all of Virginia
than anyone else in his generation. His scholarship is as sound as
can be. A substantial contribution to understanding how Virginia
passed from colony to commonwealth to a state of mind.--Warren M.
Billings, University of New Orleans, author of Magistrates and
Pioneers: Essays in the History of American Law
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