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Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Sources
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the colonies' break from Great Britain and the creation of a new government of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 322 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny, both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for "liberty or death," Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of America's Founding Fathers, first to call Americans to arms against Britain, first to demand a bill of rights, and first to fight the growth of big government...
Author
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
xvii, [7]-529 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Patrick Henry was a brilliant orator whose devotion to the pursuit of liberty fueled the fire of the American Revolution. As a lawyer and a member of the Virginia House of Burgess, Henry spoke eloquently of the inalienable rights all men are born with. His philosophy inspired the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and, most significantly, the Bill of Rights. Famous for the line "Give me liberty or give me death!" Patrick Henry was a man...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution.
Author
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xxvi, 1746 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of both the first Continental Congress in 1774 and the first Federal Congress in 1789, including their roles in the shaping of early American society and government.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and briefly examines the contents of the document itself.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xvii, 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On March 15, 1783, General George Washington addressed a group of angry officers in an effort to rescue the American Revolution from mutiny at the highest level. After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution still blazed on, and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke, paying its debts with loans from France. Political rivalry among the states paralyzed Congress. The army's officers,...
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