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Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
108 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom,...
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books, Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Declaration of Independence has represented American freedom since Thomas Jefferson wrote it more than 200 years ago. Using primary sources, young readers hear the story behind one of America's most important documents from the people who were there when it was signed. Engaging text, colorful images, sidebars, and a variety of primary sources introduce readers to the Declaration of Independence.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson put his quill to paper and the Declaration of Independence sprang to life. Follow the Declaration's journey over the next two centuries, surviving eight wars and travelling through five states on horseback, boat, railcar, and tank to its current home in the National Archives.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. He employed every tool available to rally a town,...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament.
In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions-most of which have gone...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, photographs ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A social science professor from Princeton University describes what she learned about freedom and equality when she and her students read the text of the Declaration of Independence from start to finish" --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States that includes explanations of each section, fill-in-the-blanks, and study questions with answers.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"One standard story about America is rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Another story concerns America's moment of reckoning after the Civil War, when it was possible to believe that the country would transcend its racist roots. Kermit Roosevelt III argues here that today, with the country increasingly riven along violent divides, we can find a path forward by shifting our benchmarks from the first story, which fostered...
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates how the concepts and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from the experiences of living in America in the late eighteenth century, with emphasis given to how children lived on a New England farm, a Southern plantation, and the frontier.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies there and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
x, 164 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented. Includes the text of the Declaration and its history.
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