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Patrick Henry : first among patriots / Thomas S. Kidd.

Kidd, Thomas S. (Author).
  • Description: xiii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books,
  • ISBN: 9780465009282 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 046500928X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780465028108 (e-book)
  • ISBN: 0465028101 (e-book)

Available copies

  • 4 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

0 current holds with 5 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 920/HENRY (Text to phone) Available -
Lynnfield Adult Biographies Biography / HENRY / Kidd (Text to phone) Available -
Marblehead Adult Biography BIO HENRY, PATRICK 2011 (Text to phone) Available -
Peabody West Branch Adult Nonfiction NEW E 302.6 .H53 2011 (Text to phone) Available -
Salem Adult Biography B/HENRY,P./K (Text to phone) Checked out 05/28/2013

Contents: If your industry be only half equal to your genius : Patrick Henry and backcountry Virginia -- The infatuation of new light : the Great Awakening and the parsons' cause -- If this be treason : the Stamp Act crisis -- The first man upon this continent : boycotts and the growing crisis with Britain -- Liberty or death : arming for revolution -- To cut the knot : independence -- Our worthy governor : Patrick Henry in wartime -- Virtue has taken its departure : the war's end and a new Virginia -- I smelt a rat : defending the revolution by opposing the Constitution -- To care for the crazy machine : reconciling with the republic -- Mourn Virginia mourn! : the legacy of Patrick Henry.
Summary: Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick 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.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
United States. Continental Congress > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.

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