Summary: This new look at Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton goes beyond their common depictions as American saints to expose the sometimes selfish motives behind their actions.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 REP

Brands, H. W.

Summary: "From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States Founding Partisans is a lively narrative of the early years of the republic as the Founding Fathers fought one another with competing visions of what our nation would be. To the framers of the Constitution, political...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 BRA

Lowe, Lindsey

Summary: "Most middle schoolers know that King George III was the king of England at the time of the American Revolution. But who was he exactly? And what did he think of his colonies in North America? This book finally answers those questions for readers through biographical information about the king as well as his great rivals: the Founding Fathers! In this unique presentation of the events of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 LOW

Rosen, Jeffrey

Summary: "The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders--Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton--to show what pursuing happiness meant in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ROS

Rabb, Steven

Summary: "If the Founding Fathers surveyed our nation today and together composed a single speech to America, what would they say? The prologue begins to answer that question as it chronicles a current-day reunion of America's Founding Fathers at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Through a stroke of Providence, the Founders have assembled once again to take up their pen and save the country they love....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty For All Publishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Politic Rabb

Summary: Meet the men who shaped the dramatic story of the U.S. Constitution.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME

Barone, Michael

Summary: Mental Maps of the Founders explores the geographic orientation—the mental maps—of six of the Founders. Three were Virginians, who vied to expand their new nation toward different points of the compass. One, a refugee from Puritan Boston to more tolerant Philadelphia, built a commercial and journalistic empire spanning seaboard colonies and the West Indies. Two came from buzzing commercial...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BAR

Lowe, Lindsey

Summary: Following the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams fundamentally didn't agree on how the country should be run. Both men would be president--and yet, they didn't see eye to eye for many years. This book offers a unique take on the founding of the United States through the eyes of two Founding Fathers, including the writing of the U.S. Constitution and the creation of the first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 LOW

Pelleschi, Andrea

Summary: The Founding Fathers endeavored to bring independence to the British colonies in North America. The efforts of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin helped make the birth of the United States of American a reality-one that has lasted for more than 200 years. Inside this book, readers will be transported back in time to witness their words and actions. The colorful...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2024

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 973.3092 PEL

Lowe, Lindsey

Summary: "It's the end of the feud between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr that most people focus on: the duel in which Burr took Hamilton's life. However, the pair had been rivals, friends, and contemporaries for years before that. Readers follow the engaging historical account in this book, complete with a timeline and color-coded sections to show each man's perspective of their time and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 LOW