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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War, but the politics of the young United States of America put them in constant conflict. Their extraordinary story of bitter fighting and resentment culminates in their famous duel.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"More so than almost anyone outside John McCain's immediate family, Mark Salter had unparalleled access to Senator McCain. Salter served to influence the senator's thoughts and actions, cowriting several books with him and acting as a valued confidant. Now, Salter draws on the storied facets of McCain's early biography as well as the later-in-life political philosophy for which the nation knew and loved him, delivering an intimate and comprehensive...
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Language
English
Description
"Six close friends shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos, and whose strong response to Soviet expansionism would leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. In April 1945, they converged to advise an untutored new president, Harry Truman....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Alexander Hamilton was one of America's founders. He was the first secretary of the treasury and George Washington's right-hand man. But he also made some dangerous enemies during his short yet dramatic life "--
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, his role in writing the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and his career as a scientist and inventor. Benjamin Franklin is best known for his experiments with lightning.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world where he fought many battles: with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. Taking Franklin to the age of forty-one, when he made his first electrical discoveries, Bunker...
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