Description |
xi, 292 pages : portraits ; 23 cm |
Contents |
A short treatise on truth.--Fathers of the revolution: H.M. King George III, H.M. King Louis XVI, The Right Hon. Lord North, K.G., The Right Hon. Earl of Chatham, The Right Hon. Edmund Burke, Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne, Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, General Washington, Dr. Franklin, Mr. Samuel Adams, Mr. Alexander Hamilton, M. de La Fayette.--Footnote on greatness |
Summary |
Leading figures in the emergence of the United States as an independent nation |
Notes |
American edition (New York & London, G. P. Putnam's sons) has title: Fathers of the revolution |
Subject |
Biography -- 18th century.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140143
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
26013714 |
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