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Author:

Unger, Harlow G., 1931- author.

Title:

First founding father : Richard Henry Lee and the call to independence / Harlow Giles Unger.

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Lee, Richard Henry,--1732-1794.
Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
United States.--Declaration of Independence--Signers--Biography.
Virginia--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Evolution of a dynasty -- Egyptian bondage -- No liberty, no king! -- Poet, playwright, watchmaker, spy -- An indispensable necessity -- The enemy of everything good -- A most bloody battle -- To discard General Washington -- President Richard Henry Lee -- Riots and mobbish proceedings -- The farmer and the Federalist -- His majesty the president.

ISBN:

0306825619
9780306825613

OCLC:

(OCoLC)975485725

LCCN:

2017040744

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)