Michael Barone: Understanding the Founding Fathers Mental Maps
The places where they were raised and to which they traveled formed the Founding Fathers\u2019 geographic orientation, which influenced their view of the nation and what the country could become, according to Michael Barone.\xa0\nWhile George Washington had \u201ca map that goes north by northwest,\u201d Thomas Jefferson \u201csaw the country from [the] perspective of the West,\u201d says Barone, a senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics since its first edition in 1972.\xa0\nIn his new book, \u201cMental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America's Revolutionary Leaders,\u201d Barone explains how the differing \u201cmental maps\u201d of Founders such as Washington, Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton were sometimes in opposition, but together formed our great nation.\xa0\nBarone joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss the little-known facts about the Founding Fathers he uncovered while researching the new book.\xa0\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.