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61) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 129
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xix, 1,108 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
66) What are the Articles of Confederation?: and other questions about the birth of the United States
Author
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Answers questions about the Articles of Confederation and the circumstances around its creation and dismissal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Constitution, discusses the need to amend the Articles of Confederation, and describes the challenges the delegates faced as they argued, debated, and discussed how the nation should be organized.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiv, 514 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a wide range of sources, including original archival research, Stephen Brumwell paints a compelling and challenging portrait of an extraordinary individual whose fusion of gentleman and warrior left an indelible imprint upon history.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In May 1787 delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia and, meeting over the course of a sweltering summer, created a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States.
77) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 37
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
1,605 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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