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Series
Secret Smithsonian adventures volume 3
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
65 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the National Museum of American History, Eric, Dominique, Aday, and Josephine enlist the help of Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull, and Thomas Jefferson to thwart a plan to turn the United States into a monarchy.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Flashback Four are coerced by a secret government organization, NOYB, to travel to July 1804 Weehawken, New Jersey, to witness the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War, but the politics of the young United States of America put them in constant conflict. Their extraordinary story of bitter fighting and resentment culminates in their famous duel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (come color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founding fathers.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza--a fascinating strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of the most gripping periods in American history."--
Daughter of a respected general, Elizabeth Schuyler was captivated by Alexander Hamilton, a charismatic, ambitious aide to George Washington. They marry and despite the...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America... The decade of the 1790s has been called the 'age of passion.' Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-- each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the high-interest, nonfiction text George Washington and His Right-Hand Man, students will learn about the life of George Washington, and evaluate his political relationship and friendship with Alexander Hamilton. Through the use of dynamic primary sources like maps and letters, middle school students will be engaged as they read about history and build their literacy skills. Supporting current social studies standards, this full-color text includes...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Does the man make the city or the city make the man? Both might be true of Alexander Hamilton and eighteenth century New York City. Together, they fought the American Revolution and helped shape the foundation of a new nation. Although Hamilton's life was cut short, his legacy lives on in the fabric of the United States and in the dynamic city he called home for most of his spectacular life"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 536 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A group portrait of America's first President and the men who served with him to create the office shares insights into their personalities and the consequences of Washington's decision to heed or disregard specific advice.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whatever sense of hope the Founder Fathers may have felt at the new government's birth, almost none of them carried that optimism to their graves. Franklin survived to see the Constitution in action for only a single year, but most of the founders who lived into the nineteenth century came to feel deep anxiety, disappointment, and even despair about the government and the nation that they had helped to create. Indeed, by the end of their lives many...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
viii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power to tax, it had no means to repay them. The Founders and Finance is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists--immigrants--solved the fiscal crisis and...
78) Triumvirate: the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xviii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
79) A magnificent catastrophe: the tumultuous election of 1800 : America's first presidential campaign
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of the presidential election campaign between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson describes the fierce rivalry that was called "America's Second Revolution" and reveals the pivotal roles played by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
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