"An authoritative biography of founding father Patrick Henry that restores him to his important place in our history and explains the formative influence on his thought and character of Virginia, where he lived all his life."--Provided by publisher.
Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government.
Finally, the sheriff, William Bibb, appeared on the steps to call for order and conduct the election. After reading the legal papers calling for the election, Bibb simply looked out across the crowd and declared, in the customary phrase ...
"In graphic novel format, tells the life story of Patrick Henry, who is known as the 'Voice of the American Revolution.'"--Provided by publisher.
Discusses the early life, career, family, and contributions of the Virginia politician who was known for his stirring speeches and eloquent writing.
The True Patrick Henry
A biography of Patrick Henry, the Virginia lawmaker and politician known for his stirring speeches and eloquent writing.
In this book I have tried to embody the chief results derived from a study of all the materials known to me, in print and in manuscript, relating to Patrick Henry,—many of these materials being now used for the first time in any formal ...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there...
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny -- both British and American.
Patrick Henry in His Speeches and Writings and in the Words of His Contemporaries