Thomas Jefferson and John Adams: The partnership that helped birth a nation

Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and a professor of history at Brown University. Hs books have received the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and John H. Dunning Prizes, as well as a National Book Award nomination and the New York Historical Society’s American History Book Prize. They include Empire of Liberty, Revolutionary Characters, The Purpose of the Past, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, and The Idea of America.

Barbara A. Perry is director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and a political scientist who specializes in the presidency. Co-Chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program, she has participated in the George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush projects, researched the Clinton project interviews, and directed the Edward Kennedy oral history. She has taught all aspects of American government/politics and can respond to media questions on most topics related to presidential campaigns and elections, public policy, and presidential communications.