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1) John Adams
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Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of the second president, John Adams, describing the many conflicts--including international exploits--he faced during his long political career and exploring the love story that was his marriage to Abigail and the complexity of his friendship with Thomas Jefferson.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O'Reilly and Dugard recreate the war's landmark battles, including Bunker...
Author
Language
English
Description
The first major biography of Benjamin Franklin in more than sixty years, The First American is history on a grand scale -- a work of meticulous scholarship and a thoroughly engaging portrait of the foremost American of his day. Diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, wit, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin was in every respect America's first Renaissance man. The eighteenth-century genius comes to life in this masterwork by acclaimed...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Retroceda en el tiempo al nacimiento de Estados Unidos en esta obra en espa�nol de la serie WHO HQ, y conozca a los rebeldes de la vida real que hicieron libre a este pa�is. En un caluroso d�ia de verano de 1776, cerca de Filadelfia, Thomas Jefferson se sent�o en su escritorio y escribi�o intensamente hasta la ma�nana siguiente. Estaba redactando la Declaraci�on de Independencia, un documento que romper�ia los lazos de este pa�is...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question "What would the Founding...
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