Not Your Father's Founders
An "Amended" Look at America's First Patriots
Published on 18. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4405-4011-0 (ISBN)
Description
The founding fathers?reframed!
Tired of reading about stiff, snooze-worthy revolutionary rebels? How about lackluster wars and mind-numbing laws? Not Your Father's Founders breathes life back into history with dynamic profiles of the politicos, wartime heroes, and lesser-known but equally important players who built this nation.
Featuring hundreds of strange details and quirky stories, you'll love learning all about the thinkers, doers, and maintainers who spearheaded the rebellion. This re-read of American history will also keep you on your toes with entertaining facts, quotations, and revelations. For example, Samuel Adams' father was a merchant and brewer. Young Samuel worked for a while at the family brewery, but he did not have the head for it?or business in general.
The birth of our nation was anything but dull?and Not Your Father's Founders pays proper tribute to our country's creators with entertaining tales you'll never forget.
Tired of reading about stiff, snooze-worthy revolutionary rebels? How about lackluster wars and mind-numbing laws? Not Your Father's Founders breathes life back into history with dynamic profiles of the politicos, wartime heroes, and lesser-known but equally important players who built this nation.
Featuring hundreds of strange details and quirky stories, you'll love learning all about the thinkers, doers, and maintainers who spearheaded the rebellion. This re-read of American history will also keep you on your toes with entertaining facts, quotations, and revelations. For example, Samuel Adams' father was a merchant and brewer. Young Samuel worked for a while at the family brewery, but he did not have the head for it?or business in general.
The birth of our nation was anything but dull?and Not Your Father's Founders pays proper tribute to our country's creators with entertaining tales you'll never forget.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Holbrook, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4405-4011-0 (9781440540110)
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06/2012
Adams Media
€12.85
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Arthur G. Sharp, MA, has authored eleven books, most recently The Everything Theodore Roosevelt Book and The Everything Guide to the Middle East. His upcoming book is Bluejackets: The Definitive Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy, scheduled for release by Barnes & Noble in 2013. Sharp taught history and literature at the university level for several years before turning to writing full time.