Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOU

Goodrich, Phillip

Summary: In this under-reported and under-taught story of the American Revolution, Phillip Goodrich describes the role Benjamin Franklin played in bringing the northern and southern colonies together against corrupt British rule. Along with an "Inner Circle" of British Abolitionists, Franklin worked behind the scenes to secure the freedom of a single American slave, James Somersett; and then, in...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GOO

Spellberg, D. A. (Denise A.)

Contents: Introduction : Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an : imagining the Muslim as citizen at the founding of the United States -- The European Christian origins of negative, incorrect, curious, but sometimes accurate American ideas about Islam and Muslims, 1529-1797 --Positive European Christian precedents for the toleration of Muslims, and their presence in colonial America, 1554-1706 -- What Jefferson...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 SPE

Donohue, Moira Rose

Summary: "Learn all about the foundational document of the U.S. government, from how it was created to how it has changed over time"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7302 DON

David, Alex

Contents: New rules for a new country -- The debaters -- The federalist argument -- Defining America -- The anti-federalist argument.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov David

Fritz, Jean.

Summary: Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1987

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 FRI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 342.73 FRI