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Author Raphael, Ray.

Title Founders : the people who brought you a nation / Ray Raphael.

Imprint New York : New Press, 2009.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.3 R181fo 2009    ---  Available
Description xiii, 594 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-572) and index.
Note "Stars of this entertaining yet informative account include military bankroller Robert Morris, conservative politician and reluctant rebel Henry Laurens, blacksmith-turned-insurgent Timothy Bigelow, young and eager soldier Joseph Plumb Martin, rabble-rousing country doctor Thomas Young, and Puritan poet-turned-political commentator and historian Mercy Otis Warren."--Reed Business.
Contents Act 1. Resistance -- Facing east and west -- LIberty and property--and no stamps! -- A perfect sense of their rights -- A violent turn -- Politics and tea -- Act 2. Revolution -- The first American Revolution -- Going Continental -- Blows must decide -- Rage militaire -- Liberty for all? -- Independence -- Act 3. War -- Battle lines -- Home rule--first drafts -- In victory and defeat -- Falling apart -- Endgame -- Act 4. Nation -- Settling up -- Desires and discontents -- New rules -- Lives and legacies.
Summary Examines the lives of seven lesser known figures from the Revolutionary period, including one of Washington's soldiers, a wealthy merchant, a blacksmith, and the politically active Mercy Otis Warren.
Subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
ISBN 9781595583277
1595583270

 
    
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