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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Describes Alexander Hamilton's life and his contributions to the country, from his early life in the West Indies and his tenure as a soldier in the Revolutionary War to his integral role in developing the U.S. Constitution.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xi, 372 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Describes the life, career, and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton, from his humble early life in the West Indies to his position of power in colonial America as a founding father.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxix, 759 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" gives readers Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history.
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Author
Series
Library of America volume 17
Publisher
Literary Classics of the U.S
Pub. Date
c1984.
Physical Desc
1600 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 200 min. ; ca. 100 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2 explores the ideological conflict that existed between Thomas...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xi, 626 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"In this magisterial biography, the eminent scholar John B. Boles does not ignore the aspects of Jefferson that trouble us today, but strives to see him in full, and to understand him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We follow Jefferson from his early success as an abnormally precocious student and lawyer in colonial Virginia through his drafting of the Declaration of Independence at age 33, his travels in Europe on the eve of the French Revolution,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
385 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders' attempts to forge an American democracy.
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