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Last Founding Father
James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Häftad, 2010
225 kr
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In this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758-1831),the last of America's Founding Fathers,who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful empire stretching from sea to shining sea." Like David …
Lion of Liberty
Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Häftad, 2011
225 kr
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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 colourful) of …
American Tempest
How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution
Häftad, 2012
218 kr
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On December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men dumped roughly £10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. This symbolic act unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm throughout the colonies. Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, American Tempest reveals the truth …
Mr. President: George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office
Häftad, 2015
214 kr
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation
Inbunden, 2018
293 kr
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Dr. Benjamin Rush was the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot or ignored--an America of women, African-Americans, Jews, Quakers, Roman Catholics, indentured workers, and the poor. Ninety percent of the people lived in that other America, but none could vote and none had …
Henry Clay
America's Greatest Statesman
Häftad, 2017
225 kr
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In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of the infant American republic.The only freshman congressman ever elected Speaker of the House, Henry …
First Founding Father
Richard Henry Lee and the Call for Independence
Inbunden, 2017
293 kr
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Before Washington, before Jefferson, before Franklin or John Adams, there was Lee--Richard Henry Lee, the First Founding Father.Richard Henry Lee was the first to call for independence, and the first to call for union. He was "father of our country" as much as George Washington, securing the …
Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence
Inbunden, 2019
293 kr
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Thomas Paine's words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine's aroused men to action like no one else. …
America's Second Revolution: How George Washington Defeated Patrick Henry and Saved the Nation
Inbunden, 2007
329 kr
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Lafayette
E-bok, 2007
519 kr
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Acclaim for Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger''s book exceptionally well done. It''s an admirable account of the marquis''s two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail." …
Lafayette
E-bok, 2002
187 kr
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Acclaim for Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger''s book exceptionally well done. It''s an admirable account of the marquis''s two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail." …
The French War Against America: How a Trusted Ally Betrayed Washington and the Founding Fathers
Inbunden, 2005
394 kr
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Lion of Liberty
Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Ljudbok, 2010
298 kr
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Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, "Give me liberty or give me death," Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and the first to call for a bill of rights. If Washington …
John Quincy Adams
Ljudbok, 2012
291 kr
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He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of La Amistad …
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George Washington and the Making of the Nation’s Highest Office
Ljudbok, 2013
298 kr
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Although the framers gave the president little authority, Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of his successors. To ensure their ability to defend the nation, he simply ignored the Constitution when he thought it necessary and reshaped the presidency into what James …
John Marshall
The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation
Ljudbok, 2014
364 kr
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A soul-stirring biography of John Marshall, the young Republic''s great chief justice who led the Supreme Court to power and brought law and order to the nation In the political turmoil that convulsed America after George Washington''s death, the surviving Founding Fathers went mad—literally …
Improbable Patriot
The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution
Inbunden, 2011
278 kr
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America's Second Revolution
How George Washington Defeated Patrick Henry and Saved the Nation
E-bok, 2007
194 kr
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The Declaration of Independence liberated one continent from domination by another, but the Constitution revolutionized the world--by entrusting citizens with rights never before in history granted to ordinary people. Far from the genteel unity implied by the Constitution''s opening words "We the …
John Hancock
Merchant King and American Patriot
E-bok, 2000
349 kr
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PRAISE FOR HARLOW GILES UNGER''S NOAH WEBSTER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN PATRIOT "Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man; shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans."-Washington …
Noah Webster
The Life and Times of an American Patriot
E-bok, 2000
332 kr
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"Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans." --Washington Times Noah Webster The Life and Times of an American Patriot "More than a lexicographer, …
French War Against America
How a Trusted Ally Betrayed Washington and the Founding Fathers
E-bok, 2005
207 kr
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Acclaim for The French War Against America "A very readable and provocative tale of early Franco-American relations that will please some and infuriate others."—John Buchanan, author of The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution "Harlow Unger has written an …
Improbable Patriot
The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution
Häftad, 2026
278 kr
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The compelling story of a little-known figure in the American Revolution, now available in paperback for the first time, with a new foreword by Iris de Rode. In 1776, the playwright and inventor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–99) conceived an audacious plan to send aid to the American …
