Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

The monumental life of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers
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In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men put their quills to a dangerous document they called the Declaration of Independence. Among them was a thirty-year-old doctor named Benjamin Rush. One of the youngest signatories, he was also, among stiff competition, one of the most visionary.
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From improbable beginnings as the son of a Philadelphia blacksmith, Rush grew into an internationally renowned writer, reformer, and medical pioneer who touched virtually every page in the story of the nationâ€™s founding. He was Franklinâ€™s protÃ©gÃ©, the editor of Common Sense, and Washingtonâ€™s surgeon general. He was a fierce progressive agitatorâ€”a vocal opponent of slavery and prejudice by race, religion or gender, a champion of public educationâ€”even as his convictions threatened his name and career, time and again. He was a confidante, and often the physician, of Americaâ€™s first leaders; he brokered the twilight peace between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. As a doctor, he became â€œthe American Hippocrates,â€ whose brilliant, humane insights and institutional reforms revolutionized the understanding and treatment of mental illness in ways that still reverberate.
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Like the greatest Revolutionary minds, Dr. Benjamin Rush recognized that 1776 was only the beginning of the American experiment. Rush brings new drama to his singular life and towering legacy, finally installing him in the pantheon of our wisest and boldest Founding Fathers.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 50+ photos
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2018-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780804140065

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	50+ photos
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2018-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780804140065

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

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