Peter P. Hill is one of the great American diplomatic historians. This book demonstrates his continuing superb scholarship, making a critical and fascinating contribution to our understanding of the diplomatic minefield faced by Americans of the early Republic, and the important role played by the remarkable Joel Barlow.
Melanie Randolph Miller, author of Envoy to the Terror: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution
Melanie Randolph Miller Joel Barlow
poet, land speculator, diplomat, patron of learning
was a key figure in early American diplomacy. Peter P. Hill, an expert in early Franco-American relations, has given what is likely the definitive account of Barlow's complex and varied diplomatic career.
Robert W. Smith, assistant professor of history and political science, Worcester State University, and author of Keeping the Republic: Ideology and Early American Diplomacy
Robert W. Smith This is the definitive biography of the poet-diplomat Joel Barlow. Peter P. Hill has written a graceful as well as authoritative account of a neglected but important figure in Jeffersonian America. Barlow's poetic contributions to the growing national spirit in the early Republic were matched by his diplomatic activities in France.
Lawrence S. Kaplan, professor emeritus of history, Kent State University, and author of Thomas Jefferson: Westward the Course of Empire and Alexander Hamilton: Ambivalent Anglophile
Lawrence S. Kaplan