David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler have collaborated on books about the early American republic, the Antebellum period, and the Civil War. Their editorial work includes ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WAR OF 1812 and the award-winning ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. They are the authors of HENRY CLAY: The Essential American; OLD HICKORY'S WAR: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; The War of 1812; THE WAR OF 1812; MANIFEST DESTINY; DAILY LIFE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Creating a New Nation, 1790-1820; and THE MEXICAN WAR. In addition to their work as authors, the Heidlers are general editors of monographs on U.S. civil-military relations, American soldiers’ lives, and life on the home front. Their next book with Random House, WASHINGTON'S CIRCLE: The Creation of the President, is now available.

Books by Jeanne T. Heidler

Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President

by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler - History, Nonfiction, Politics

In 1789, as George Washington became the first president of the United States, the world was all but certain that the American experiment in liberty and representative government would founder. More than a few Americans feared that the world was right. In WASHINGTON’S CIRCLE, we see how Washington and his trusted advisers, close friends and devoted family defied the doomsayers to lay the foundation for an enduring constitutional republic.