Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2020-12-22
Category :
ISBN :
"'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Virginia Convention. It was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, ..
Author : Thomas S Kidd
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0465028101
Most Americans know Patrick Henry as a fiery speaker whose pronouncement "Give me liberty or give me death!" rallied American defiance to the British Crown. But Henry's skills as an orator -- sharpened in the small towns and courtrooms of colonial Virginia -- are only one part of his vast, but largely forgotten, legacy. As historian Thomas S. Kidd shows, Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution. In Patrick Henry, Kidd pulls back the curtain on one of our most radical, passionate Founders, showing that until we understand Henry himself, we will neglect many of the Revolution's animating values.
Author : Jon Kukla
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 143919081X
"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.
Author : Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0306819341
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny -- both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for "liberty or death," Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of America's Founding Fathers -- first to call Americans to arms against Britain, first to demand a bill of rights, and first to fight the growth of big government after the Revolution. As quick with a rifle as he was with his tongue, Henry was America's greatest orator and courtroom lawyer, who mixed histrionics and hilarity to provoke tears or laughter from judges and jurors alike. Henry's passion for liberty (as well as his very large family), suggested to many Americans that he, not Washington, was the real father of his country. This biography is history at its best, telling a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry's words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives.
Author : William Wirt
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 1836
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Author : John Michael Vlach
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813913667
"A stunning piece of scholarship, rich in both theory and evidence, that takes the reader to a new plateau of understanding" (Charles Joyner, University of South Carolina) of the African-American folklife.
Author : Jason Glaser
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736862004
A biography telling the life story of Patrick Henry, who is known as the "Voice of the American Revolution." Written in graphic-novel format.
Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Warwick House Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Patrick Cockburn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439154716
Narrated by both Henry Cockburn and his father Patrick, this is the extraordinary story of the eight years since Henry's descent into schizophrenia- years he has spent almost entirely in hospitals- and his family's struggle to help him recover.
Author : Neal Q. Herrick
Publisher : Black Rose Books Ltd.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business and politics
ISBN : 9781551643205
Neal Herrick demonstrates, in a lucid manner, that government corruption is the predominant problem facing society today. Although bribery and influence peddling are the most visible aspect of this corruption, they are not, in Herrick's analysis, the most serious. For Herrick, the more serious aspect of government corruption is the laws that bribery and influence peddling produce-laws that favour the corporations-resulting in, what he calls, a kind of delusional corruption that leads, for example, to unjust and unnecessary wars. Tracing both forms of corruption back through American history, Herrick gives a brief account of governmental descent into lawlessness, identifies the constitutional flaw that led to this lawlessness, and discusses some of the issues that must be considered in devising remedies. Book jacket.
