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Author Burke, James, 1936-

Title American connections : the founding fathers, networked / James Burke.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007.

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  973.313 B917a 2007    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Description xv, 351 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-334) and index.
Contents John Hancock (MA) -- Josiah Bartlett (NH) -- William Whipple (NH) -- Sam Adams (MA) -- John Adams (MA) -- Robert Treat Paine (MA) -- Stephen Hopkins (RI) -- William Ellery (RI) -- Roger Sherman (CT) -- Samuel Huntington (CT) -- William Williams (CT) -- William Floyd (NY) -- Philip Livingston (NY) -- Francis Lewis (NY) -- Lewis Morris (NY) -- Richard Stockton (NJ) -- John Witherspoon (NJ) -- Francis Hopkinson (NJ) -- John Hart (NJ) -- Abraham Clark (NJ) -- Robert Morris (PA) -- Benjamin Rush (PA) -- Benjamin Franklin (PA) -- John Morton (PA) -- George Clymer (PA) -- James Smith (PA) -- George Taylor (PA) -- James Wilson (PA) -- George Ross (PA) -- Caesar Rodney (DE) -- George Read (DE) -- Samuel Chase (MD) -- William Paca (MD) -- Thomas Stone (MD) -- Charles Carroll of Carrollton (MD) -- Thomas Jefferson (VA) -- Benjamin Harrison (VA) -- Thomas Nelson (VA) -- Frank Lee (VA) -- Carter Braxton (VA) -- William Hooper (NC) -- Joseph Hewes (NC) -- John Penn (NC) -- Edward Rutledge (SC) -- Thomas Heyward (SC) -- Thomas Lynch, Jr(SC) -- Arthur Middleton (SC) -- Button Gwinett (GA) -- Lyman Hall (GA) -- George Walton (GA) -- George Wythe (VA) -- Elbridge Gerry (MA) -- Richard Henry Lee (VA) -- Oliver Wolcott (CT) -- Matthew Thornton (MA) -- Thomas McKean (DE).
Summary Identifies lesser-known coincidences linking each of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence and modern-day America, tracing how historical events and people gave rise to today's technologies.
Subject United States. Declaration of Independence -- Signers -- Biography.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography.
Biography -- Miscellanea.
History -- Miscellanea.
Declaration of Independence (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356069
Biography. (OCoLC)fst00832149
History. (OCoLC)fst00958235
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
Statesmen. (OCoLC)fst01131990
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Chronological Term 1775-1815
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
Trivia and miscellanea.
ISBN 9780743282260
0743282264

 
    
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