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Representative Americans, the revolutionary generation / Norman K. Risjord.

Title
Representative Americans, the revolutionary generation / Norman K. Risjord.
Author
Risjord, Norman K.
Publication
Lexington, Mass. : D. C. Heath, c1980.

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Description
xii, 257 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Revolutionary generation
Subject
  • 1775-1815
  • Statesmen > United States > Biography
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography
  • United States > History > 1783-1815 > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Nation Builders -- Benjamin Franklin: The American Mold -- Samuel Adams: Pure Republican -- George Washington: Gentleman Revolutionary -- Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox -- Abigail Adams: Partner in Home Rule -- Aaron Lopez: An Immigrant's Story -- Character Builders -- Noah Webster: The Search for National Identity -- Charles Willson Peale: Patriotism in Color -- Charles Bulfinch: An American Style in Building -- Isaac Backus: Crusader -- Benjamin Rush: Patriot Physician -- Benjamin Banneker: An African-American's Experience -- Empire Builders -- Eli Whitney and John Jacob Astor: Pioneers of Business -- George Rogers Clark: Conqueror of the Northwest -- James Wilkinson: Master of Imperial Intrigue -- Tecumseh and The Prophet: A Vision Shattered -- Thomas Jefferson: A Summary View.
ISBN
0669027103
LCCN
^^^79088134^
OCLC
  • 6143381
  • SCSB-12586336
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library