Setting the World Ablaze

This text is a biographical study of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and their struggle to erect a new nation. The sections chronologically examine major epochs in the lives of the three men: youth and early adulthood, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Setting the World Ablaze is a biographical study of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson and their struggle to erect a new nation. The three sections of Ferling's study chronologically examine major epochs in the lives of the three men: youth and early adulthood, the years surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and finally, defeat of the British in the Revolutionary War.