
Honorable treason
the Declaration of Independence and the men who signed it
Edición de la obra Honorable treason
| Autor | David Freeman Hawke |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Viking Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1976 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 240 |
| ISBN-10 | 0670378577 |
| OCLC | 1694103 |
| LCCN | 75030968 |
| Número de Cutter | H392h |
"This timely book takes you behind the scene and gives you firsthand accounts of the struggles and personal anxieties suffered during the months prior to July 4, 1776. In a refreshingly candid manner, each of the signers is profiled according to how his contemporaries saw him. The well-known among them are sketched here -- Thomas Jefferson, the penman of the Declaration; John Adams, the Colossus of Independence; Richard Henry Lee and Samuel Adams, the strategists who guided the Declaration through Congress. But also here are the less-known figures, and from behind their signatures they emerge as distinct and lively personalities: John Witherspoon, Arthur Middleton, Button Gwinnett, Roger Sherman, John Hancock, George Taylor, Matthew Thornton, William Whipple, and Lewis Morris." -- Taken from the book jacket flap.