James Wilson (1742 1798) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, an……続きを見る
著者:Carl J. Ekberg
出版社: University of Missouri Press
発売日: 2010年12月27日
In 1790, Pierre-Charles de Lassus de Luzières gathered his wife and children and fled Revolutionary France. His trek to America was prompted by his “purchase” of two thousand acres situated on the b……続きを見る
Memoirs of General Lafayette
With an Account of His Visit to America, and of His Reception by the People of the United States; from His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October ……続きを見る
*Includes two dozen pictures of Franklin and the important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a list of famous quotes from Poor Richard's Almanack. *Includes a list of some of Frankli……続きを見る
著者:John Marshall
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2012年02月18日
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 July 6, 1835) is perhaps Americas greatest jurist. As the Chief Justice of the United States from 180135, Marshalls opinions helped lay the basis for American cons……続きを見る
In 1753, the British and French found themselves engaged in a border dispute along the Ohio River near Pennsylvania. With the French building fortresses on land the British claimed as their own, the……続きを見る
著者:James Madison
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2012年05月01日
When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る
America’s Revolutionary War heroes caught in the spotlight by a novelist, humorist, and playwright. Come back stage and find out more about the events of the war and our leaders as the whole show is……続きを見る
Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Alexander Hamiltons (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, being shot and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton beca……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Fleming
出版社: New Word City, Inc.
発売日: 2017年06月28日
Seventy-year-old Benjamin Franklin charmed Paris and pulled off a diplomatic miracle that led to the British defeat in the American Revolution. Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling au……続きを見る
*Chronicles the major events that brought about the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and the Battles of Lexington & Concord. *I……続きを見る
著者:Steven E. Siry
出版社: Potomac Books Inc.
発売日: 2012年09月30日
From June 1775 to February 1781, during the American War of Independence, ten patriot generals died as a result of combat wounds. Their service and deaths spanned most of the warÆs duration and geog……続きを見る
*Includes biographies of all 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore. *Includes pictures of Mount Rushmore, the 4 presidents, and important people, places and events in their lives. *Includes an introduction……続きを見る
著者:J. M. Opal
出版社: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
発売日: 2013年04月19日
During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged in American culture. Long stigmatized as a dangerous passion that led peo……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Fleming
出版社: New Word City, Inc.
発売日: 2019年12月13日
In this New York Times bestseller, historian Thomas Fleming examines all the dimensions of the memorable year of 1776 - particularly the common, fallible humanity of the men and women of the America……続きを見る
著者:Charles Herbert
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2012年06月26日
One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule,……続きを見る
One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule,……続きを見る
Includes:*Charles River Editors original biography*The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with an introduction from Harvard Classics Volume IBefore the United States of America even existed, the fir……続きを見る
著者:Frederic Kidder
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2009年12月15日
On February 22, 1770, a group of teenagers began throwing stones and rocks at the home of British customs official Ebenezer Richardson, who tried to disperse the teens by firing a shot to scare the ……続きを見る
著者:John Ferling
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA
発売日: 2012年09月16日
In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled ……続きを見る
*Includes Abigail's most famous quotes and several letters written to John Adams.*Includes pictures of Abigail and important people and places in her life.*Includes a Bibliography for further readin……続きを見る
著者:Carol Berkin
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年12月18日
**A groundbreaking history of the American Revolution that “vividly recounts Colonial women’s struggles for independenceーfor their nation and, sometimes, for themselves.... [Her] lively book reclai……続きを見る
**A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATION
An authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy.**
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ……続きを見る
River of Triumph This is the tale of America’s founding as a nation against incredible odds. Clashes among rebels, Tories, and redcoats resound in vivid battles and on daring covert missions in the ……続きを見る
著者:Myron Magnet
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2013年11月04日
Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success.
Through the Founders’ own voicesーand in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic h……続きを見る
Perhaps the most revered American of all, George Washington has long been considered a stoic leader who held himself above the fray of political infighting. What has gone unnoticed about the much-re……続きを見る
In these pages Silent Cal Coolidge focuses his famed terse eloquence on the nation's founders, not merely on George Washington's indispensable figure but also on:
The Declaration of Independence an……続きを見る
著者:Patricia Brady
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2006年05月30日
With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves.
In place of the domestic frump of popular……続きを見る