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The cost of liberty : the life of John Dickinson / William Murchison.
Van Pelt Library E302.6.D5 M87 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murchison, William P., author.
- Series:
- Lives of the founders
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
- Dickinson, John.
- United States. Continental Congress.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States.
- United States. Continental Congress--Biography.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- Politics and government.
- Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Pennsylvania.
- Delaware--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Delaware.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 252 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, DE : ISI Books, [2013]
- Contents:
- "The fields are full of promises"
- "An immense bustle in the world"
- "You rivet perpetual chains upon your unhappy country"
- "My dear countrymen"
- "In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live"
- "There is a spirit of liberty among us"
- "The force of accumulated injuries"
- "To die free-men rather than to live like slaves"
- "War is actually begun"
- "Let my country treat me as she pleases"
- "The finishing blow"
- "Willingly to resign my life"
- "The sacred voice of my country"
- "Acting before the world"
- "Experience must be our only guide".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781933859941
- 1933859946
- OCLC:
- 851285712
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