{"product_id":"not-your-founding-father-how-a-nonbinary-minister-became-americas-most-radical-revolutionary-9781982178703","title":"Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thrilling celebration of a forgotten early American renegade, \u003ci\u003eNot Your Founding Father \u003c\/i\u003ereconsiders just how radical the American experiment could have been.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly in the morning of October 9, 1776--in the small farming community of Cumberland, Rhode Island, in a house surrounded by cherry trees--twenty-three-year-old Jemima Wilkinson died, and the Public Universal Friend was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOld Cherry Wilkinson's children had already gained a reputation for scandal. Two of his boys had been dismissed from the local Quaker meeting for joining the colonial militia, and one of the girls was expelled for having a baby out of wedlock. Now, here was another Wilkinson child, riding about the countryside, claiming to be a genderless messenger of God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet something about the Public Universal Friend set war-ravaged New England ablaze. The young minister seemed to embody the possibilities offered by the new nation, especially the right to total self-determination. To authorities, however, the minister was \"the devil in petticoats,\" a threat to the men who sought to keep America's power for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so the Public Universal Friend ventured west to create an Eden on the frontier, a place where everyone would have the right to not only life, liberty, and the pursuit happiness, but also peace and shared prosperity. But into every Eden comes a snake. And soon, financial scams, contested wills, adultery, plagiarism, allegations of murder, and murmurs of another war with England would threaten to destroy this new American utopia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nina Sankovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.39w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982178703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNina Sankovitch is the acclaimed author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eTolstoy and the Purple Chair\u003c\/i\u003e and several works of popular history, including \u003ci\u003eNot Your Founding Father\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Nina Sankovitch \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47598597275805,"sku":"9781982178703","price":47.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bd4eede0-7662-4846-bce6-57c3664ab713.jpg?v=1769516572","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/not-your-founding-father-how-a-nonbinary-minister-became-americas-most-radical-revolutionary-9781982178703","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}