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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J Ellis  
Publisher Comments In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–...
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
by Nancy Isenberg Publisher Comments A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough With Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyoneas favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenbergas eye...
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America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918
by Richard Brookhiser Publisher Comments They were America's longest lasting dynasty, the closest thing to a royal family our nation has ever known. The Adamses played a leading role in America's affairs for nearly two centuries -- from John, the self-taught lawyer who rose to the highest...
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (American Icons)
by Gore Vidal Publisher Comments Gore Vidal?s uniquely irreverent take on America?s founding fathers will enliven all future discussion of the enduring power of their nation-building ideas. Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute...
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Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President
by Jill Norgren Publisher Comments Norgren has rescued Lockwood's extradordinary story from relative obscurity...Like Shakespeare's Portia, Lockwood used wit, ingenuity, and sheer force of will to unselttle society's conceptions of her sex."—From the Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
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The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
by Debby Applegate
Publisher Comments No one predicted success for Henry Ward Beecher at his birth in 1813. The blithe, boisterous son of the last great Puritan minister, he seemed destined to be overshadowed by his brilliant siblings — especially his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, who...
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Founding Fathers: The Essential Guide to the Men Who Made America
by Not Available (na) Synopsis The newest title in Wiley' s exciting series with Encyclopae dia Britannica- a concise reference on America' s Founding Fathers The recent national debate about the scope of presidential power and the interpretation of the Constitution highlights the...
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
by Craig Nelson Synopsis This is the first work of history to place Thomas Paine firmly in the heady period of intellectual excitement and political turmoil in which he lived. Drawing on the best of recent scholarship, this richly drawn biography traces the many twists and turns...
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Sons of Providence (06 Edition)
by Rappleye Publisher Comments Sons of Providence paints a vivid portrait of Colonial life as we follow these founding brothers in their rise to the heights of American commerce and power and from revolution to nationhood....
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Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies
by Robert Middlekauff Publisher Comments In this engaging study of the much-loved statesman and polymath, Robert Middlekauff uncovers a little-known aspect of Benjamin Franklin's personality -- his passionate anger. He reveals a fully human Franklin who led a remarkable life but nonetheless had...
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Rebel Chief: The Motley Life of Colonel William Holland Thomas, C.S.A.
by Paul A Thomsen Publisher Comments After the phenomenal success of his first novel Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier described his next novel as being based on the life of a white man who was made an Indian chief, served in the government in Washington D.C., fought on the side of the South...
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Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream
by Thomas Hoobler Synopsis Timed for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown- a fresh look at its most important leader Captain John Smith helped found Jamestown in 1607 and was the colony' s first leading figure. Drawing on primary sources and new archeological findings, this spirited...
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To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders
by Bernard Bailyn Publisher Comments Two time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn has distilled a lifetime of study into this brilliant illumination of the ideas and world of the Founding Fathers. In five succinct essays he reveals the origins, depth, and global impact of their...
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Real Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire
by R Cort Kirkwood Synopsis Most young Americans today know virtually nothing of the heroes of our not-so-distant past, and much of what they think they know is wrong. These heroes have largely been censored from our textbooks and culture. 'Real Men' is all about them. "I read...
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William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King
by Sheila L Skemp Publisher Comments When Benjamin Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm in his famous experiment, his illegitimate son William was his only companion. Together they traveled through the western wilds of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War, fought in the colony...
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Founding Brothers the Revolutionary Gene
by Joseph J Ellis Synopsis A Pulitzer-winning study of the intertwined lives of the founders of America: Adams, Burr, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and Washington. It argues that the checks and balances permitting the infant republic to endure were primarily rooted in the...
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John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father
by Francis J Bremer Publisher Comments John Winthrop's effort to create a Puritan "City on a Hill" has had a lasting effect on American values, and many remember this phrase famously quoted by the late Ronald Reagan. However, most know very little about the first American to speak these words....
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Mrs. Robert E. Lee: The Lady of Arlington
by John Perry Publisher Comments Many know about her husband, Robert E. Lee, and her great-grandmother, Martha Washington; many have visited the cemetery that now occupies her family estate. But few today know much about Mary Custis Lee herself. Chronically ill and often in excruciating...
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William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet
by Gerald Leinwand Synopsis At the time of his death in 1925, William Jennings Bryan was, as Henry Steele Commager wrote, the most representative American of his time. In this engaging narrative, Leinwand takes a fresh look at William Jennings Bryan, his character, and his mental...
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The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty
by Jean Zimmerman Publisher Comments The remarkable Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse arrived in New Amsterdam from Holland in 1659, a brash and ambitious twenty-two-year-old bent on making her way in the New World. She promptly built an empire of trading ships, furs, and real estate that...
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