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Author:

Di Spigna, Christian, author.

Title:

Founding martyr : the life and death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's lost hero / Christian Di Spigna.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Crown,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Warren, Joseph,--1741-1775.
Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Soldiers--Massachusetts--Biography.
Physicians--Boston--Boston--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-308) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- No turning back -- Childhood hamlet -- The Harvard years -- Speckled monster -- New beginnings -- Acts of violence -- Unsheath thy quill -- From red fields to crimson cobblestones -- A time to mourn -- A bitter crew -- Resolved -- Joseph Warren's ride -- Hill of lamentations -- Founding mourners -- Epilogue -- Warren's legacy.

Summary:

A detailed portrait of Founding Father, Dr. Joseph Warren, examines his work as an architect of the colonial rebellion, before his hero's death at Bunker Hill obscured his essential role in America's independence.

ISBN:

055341934X
9780553419344
0553419323
9780553419320

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1012656759

LCCN:

2017057934

Locations:

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

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)