Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800
(Book)

Election eve, 1800

'An affection that can never die' : Adams and Jefferson

'Dark and menacing evils' : creating the new national system, 1786-1792

'War on our own citizens' : partisanship, 1793-1796

'Quite at my leisure' : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796

'A narrow squeak, ' : the first contested presidential election

'To recover self-government' : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798

'Our Bonaparte' : summer 1798 to autumn 1799

'We beat you by superior management' : winter and spring, 1800

'The boisterous sea of liberty' : the campaign of 1800

'The intention of our fellow citizens' : the election of 1800

'Give them the horrors' : the House decides the election

'The creed of our political faith' : Jefferson's inauguration

Epilogue : "the revolution of 1800".