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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
A dual portrait of two American founding fathers shares introductions to the many ways they helped a young United States in spite of their disparate views, tracing how they overcame interpersonal differences at key points in the nation's early history.
5) John Hancock
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Author
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
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
597 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Description
"A brilliant physician and writer, Rush was known as the "American Hippocrates" for pioneering national healthcare and revolutionizing treatment of mental illness and addiction. Yet medicine is only part of his legacy. Dr. Rush was both a progressive thorn in the side of the American political establishment-a vocal opponent of slavery, capital punishment, and prejudice by race, religion or gender-and close friends with its most prominent leaders....
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