The fifty-six signers of America's Declaration of Independence risked their "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor" to found a new country. In this classic work, Benson J. Lossing describes the lives of each of the founding fathers, their greatest achievements, and what impelled them to take such a risk. While some are well known to us - Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock - much of the pleasure in this book comes from reading of the lesser-known signers, and of the challenges they faced throughout their lives in the young United States. Appendices contain Thomas Jefferson's original version of the Declaration, an analysis of the many grievances it lists, the subsequent Articles of Confederation and US Constitution, and the offending Stamp Act. This edition includes an active table of contents, reflowable text, and 50 engravings of the faces and signatures of the signers. At Tales End Press we take pride in our ebooks: to try before you buy, download a free preview!
- ISBN10 1105690253
- ISBN13 9781105690259
- Publish Date 14 May 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 January 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English