The dramatic contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; a bitterly fought election with even more surprises than Bush v. Gore; that pitted two titans of the Revolutionary era against each other and changed the course of the young nation.

John Ferling is Professor of History at the State University of West Georgia. A leading authority on American Revolutionary history, he has appeared in many documentaries and has written numerous books, including John Adams: A Life, The First of Men: A Life of George Washington, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson in the American Revolution, and the award-winning A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic.