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The everything Founding Fathers book : all you need to know about the men who shaped America / Meg Greene and Paula M. Stathakis.

Title
The everything Founding Fathers book : all you need to know about the men who shaped America / Meg Greene and Paula M. Stathakis.
Author
Greene, Meg.
Publication
Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Stathakis, Paula M.
Description
xii, 291 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Look beyond the myths and legends. In reality, the founding fathers were a diverse group of men-- some were puritanical, others philanderers; some were wealthy, other were plagued with money woes. Discover the great accomplishments and also the very human flaws of the founding fathers.
Series Statement
Everything series
Alternative Title
Founding Fathers
Subject
  • United States. > Signers > Biography
  • Confederation of the United States (1783-1789)
  • 1775-1809
  • Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography
  • Constitutional history > United States
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
  • United States > History > Confederation, 1783-1789
  • United States > History > Constitutional period, 1789-1809
  • United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-286) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The road to revolution -- The fight for freedom -- Independence! -- Framing a new government -- The new American republic --George Washington -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- Benjamin Franklin -- Alexander Hamilton -- John Jay -- John Hancock -- Benjamin Harrison -- Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee -- Robert Morris -- Benjamin Rush -- Rufus King -- Gouverneur Morris -- John Dickinson -- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Thomas Paine -- Patrick Henry -- John Marshall -- James Monroe -- The legacy of the founding fathers.
ISBN
  • 9781440525865
  • 1440525862
  • 9781440526626 (e)
  • 1440526621 (e)
LCCN
^^2011010218
OCLC
  • 682893324
  • SCSB-11448667
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library