ISBN: 9780306825613 - first founding father: richard henry lee and the call to independence (7 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Before Washington, before Jefferson, before Franklin or John Adams, there was Lee--Richard Henry Lee, the First Founding FatherRichard Henry Lee was first to call for independence, first to call for union, and first to call for a bill of rights to protect Americans against government tyranny. A towering figure in America's Revolutionary War, Lee was as much the 'father of our country' as George Washington, for it was Lee who secured the political and diplomatic victories that ensured Washington's military victories. Lee was critical in holding Congress together at a time when many members sought to surrender or flee the approach of British troops. Risking death on the gallows for defying British rule, Lee charged into battle himself to prevent British landings along the Virginia coast--despite losing most of his left hand in an explosion.A stirring, action-packed biography, First Founding Father will startle most Americans with the revelation that many historians have ignored for more than two centuries: Richard Henry Lee, not Thomas Jefferson, was the author of America's original Declaration of Independence.…

Zustand: New. A new biography of America s first Founding Father, Richard Henry Lee, who wrote the original declaration of independence and went on to secure political and diplomatic victories as important as George Washington s military victories&Uumlber den Au.