DESC: In this stirring account of the volatile election of 1800, Edward J. Larson provides a full account of the personalities and issues involved in America's earliest presidential campaign. He includes portraits of the two adversaries--President John Adams, running on the Federalist Party ticket, and Vice-President Jefferson, running as a Republican. Larson shows how the citizenry felt that the direction of the nation was at stake, and how partisanship, and even dirty tricks, entered into the fray. Pointing out the many issues that remained unresolved, even into modern times, Larson discusses the striking historical parallels between the 1800 election and recent ones.