One of the most important books in American History!
Who were the courageous men that risked their lives for the glory of American independence? Which one was killed in an old fashioned dual? Who was poisoned to death?
- Why and how the Declaration of Independence was written?
- Why did they risk their lives, families, and possessions for the sake of independence?
- Who was the signer nicknamed the 'Father of American Medicine'?
- Why was there an impeachment trial for a signer and what was his response?
- Who were the two signer's that died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence?
- Who was General George Washington before he was President?
- Who was the signer who used Peruvian bark to treat distemper, and cider to cure patients?
Discover which signer narrowly escaped death by a tomahawk and another who stood next to a man who was dead . . .and still another famous man who conducted a crazy experiment to see if his own mother would recognize him while he lodged in her home!
Bonus - 80 rare, historical photos! "Compelling history that should be required reading for everyone!"
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction - Summary of Events Which Led to the Declaration of Independence
The Massachusetts Delegation
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
The New Hampshire Delegation
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Matthew Thornton
The Rhode Island Delegation
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
The Connecticut Delegation
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
The New York Delegation
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
Henry Misner
The New Jersey Delegation
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark
The Pennsylvania Delegation
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
The Delaware Delegation
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean
The Maryland Delegation
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll
The Virginia Delegation
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
The North Carolina Delegation
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
The South Carolina Delegation
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton
The Georgia Delegation
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
NOTES
BIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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