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America's second revolution : how George Washington defeated Patrick Henry and saved the nation / Harlow Giles Unger.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government.
- History.
- United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789.
- United States.
- United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
- Politics and government.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States. Constitution.
- Federal government--United States--History--18th century.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
- Henry, Patrick.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007]
- Summary:
- A gripping account of the Founding Fathers' dramatic- and often violent- struggle to ratify the Constitution and give birth to the nation
- America' s Second Revolution recounts the drama, passions, and patriotic fervor behind one of the most crucial- and least known- political conflicts in American history. Award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger delves into neglected documents, diaries, and other primary sources to reveal the intense battle between George Washington' s Federalists and Patrick Henry' s diehard defenders of states' rights that determined the future of the country.
- Harlow Giles Unger (New York, NY) is author of 15 books, including the award-winning Lafayette (0-471-46885-1), John Hancock (0-471-33209-7), and The French War Against America (0-471-65113-3). A veteran journalist, he was an editor at the New York Herald Tribune Overseas News Service and a foreign correspondent for the Times and the Sunday Times of London.
- Contents:
- 1 Victory's Bitter Fruits 5
- 2 The Great Debate 30
- 3 The Great Compromise 50
- 4 "The Seeds of Civil Discord" 73
- 5 The Road to Ratification 91
- 6 "Unite or Die" 103
- 7 "Words to My Brother Ploughjoggers" 122
- 8 "A Fig and a Fiddle-stick's End" 138
- 9 The Language of Secession 157
- 10 On the Wings of the Tempest 171
- 11 Birth of a Nation 184
- 12 One Nation, Divisible... 201
- Appendix A Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention 213
- The Constitution of the United States 213
- Resolution of the Convention 226
- Letter of the Convention to Congress 227
- Appendix B Signers of the Constitution 229
- Appendix C The Bill of Rights 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470107515
- 0470107510
- OCLC:
- 85018346
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- Contributor biographical information
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