Lion of liberty : Patrick Henry and the call to a new nation / Harlow Giles Unger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.

Henry, Patrick.

United States. Continental Congress--Biography.

United States.

Governors--Virginia--Biography.

Governors.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Virginia.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Other Title:

Patrick Henry and the call to a new nation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>A compelling new biography of Patrick Henry, a monumental figure in American history, hailed in his time as the first of the nation's Founding Fathers</div>

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; Tongue-tied . . .; Tongue Untied; The Flame Is Spread; We Are Slaves!; To Recover Our Just Rights; We Must Fight!; "Give Me Liberty . . ."; "Don't Tread on Me"; Hastening to Ruin; Obliged to Fly; A Belgian Hare; Seeds of Discontent; On the Wings of the Tempest; A Bane of Sedition; Beef! Beef! Beef!; The Sun Has Set in All Its Glory; Afterword; Appendix A: The Speech; Appendix B: Henry on Slavery; Appendix C: Henry's Heirs; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1. Tongue-tied . . .; Chapter 2. Tongue Untied

Chapter 3. The Flame Is SpreadChapter 4. We Are Slaves!; Chapter 5. To Recover Our Just Rights; Chapter 6. We Must Fight!; Chapter 7. "Give Me Liberty . . . "; Chapter 8. "Don't Tread on Me"; Chapter 9. Hastening to Ruin; Chapter 10. Obliged to Fly; Chapter 11. A Belgian Hare; Chapter 12. Seeds of Discontent; Chapter 13. On the Wings of the Tempest; Chapter 14. A Bane of Sedition; Chapter 15. Beef! Beef! Beef!; Chapter 16. The Sun Has Set in All Its Glory; Afterword; Appendix A: The Speech; Appendix B: Henry on Slavery; Appendix C: Henry's Heirs; Bibliography of Principal Sources

Bibliographical EssayBibliography; Reference Works; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612872464

9781282872462

128287246X

9780306819346

0306819341

OCLC:

688506440