Award winning author of biographies, Barbara Kerley teamed with her outstanding illustrator Edwin Fotheringham, to bring us an outstanding introduction to two important Founding Fathers of American history…John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.  Comparing and contrasting their differences… background, temperament, physical traits, and their two things in common…distaste for the tyrant British King George and a deep desire to create a United States of America, Kerley has presented a meticulously researched text, full of wit and wonder.  Here is accessible history at its best!  Back Matter includes a “must read” Author’s Note, Declaration of Independence, and the sources of the quotes included in the text and author’s note.