Publication

2002 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

86,750 words, Guess

Page Count

347 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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Classifications

  • DDC973
  • LCCE179 .F83 2002

First Sentence

ON A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY MORNING in Philadelphia, June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, a delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, concluded his speech to the assembly with a motion: Resolved . . . that these United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography
  • Anecdotes.

Other Editions

  • A history of hope: when Americans have dared to dream of a better futurePalgrave Macmillan2002-01-01

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