Patrick Henry : : Champion of Liberty
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A serious loss -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Decade of misfortunes -- the Parson's cause -- Visit to Williamsburg -- Scandal and protest -- The Stamp Act -- Europeans or Africans? -- Organizing resistance -- Good and evil -- Hurrying toward a crisis -- Congress in Philadelphia -- Blows must decide -- Liberty or death -- Gunpowder -- Commander in Chief -- Norfolk destroyed -- A free and independent state -- Visitors at Scotchtown -- A war to win -- Making peace -- Governor again -- The new constitution -- We the states -- Amendments and abolition -- For the defense -- Last call.
"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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon and Schuster, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: xiv, 541 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781439190814
143919081X
SUBJECTS
Henry, Patrick, -- 1736-1799.
Governors -- Virginia -- Biography.
Legislators -- Virginia -- Biography.
Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Biographies.