Filter By Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Madison, James 1751-1836 Politics and government Statesmen Statesmen United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 1775-1783 United States Politics and government 1783-1809Filter By Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Madison, James 1751-1836 Politics and government Statesmen Statesmen United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 1775-1783 United States Politics and government 1783-1809Lowell, Barbara
Summary: With his face on the ten-dollar bill and an award-winning musical about his life, it's clear that Alexander Hamilton's story is one worth telling. Despite feeling like an outsider, Hamilton fought hard to form a united nation with a strong central government-and many of his ideas are still relevant today! With this illustrated leveled reader, kids can learn more about the man who, in many ways,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE LOWStahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaBaker, James Addison
Summary: A memoir by the former Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff describes his experiences during his thirty-five-year career in politics, discussing the Iran-Contra scandal, the Reagan assassination attempt, and other important events.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAKMcDonald, Forrest.
Summary: In this critical reinterpretation of Hamilton's life, the first Secretary of the Treasury is perceived as an ambitious man whose self-appointed mission was to create a new social order in America based not on status but on money.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1979
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER MCDKerry, John
Summary: "John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life--from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and secretary of state for four years--in this revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important events of our recent history. [This book] is John Kerry's candid personal story. A Yale graduate, Kerry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KERRY, JOHN KERGroom, Winston
Summary: "In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to the remarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GROIsaacson, Walter.
Summary: Traces the life of Benjamin Franklin, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, inventor, and founding father. Chronicles his tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ISAIsaacson, Walter.
Summary: Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 FRABrands, H. W.
Summary: A complete biography of the statesman and scientist, Benjamin Franklin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US BrandsCost, Jay
Summary: "How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history -- his political trajectory seems almost intentionally inconsistent. He was both for and against a strong federal government. He wrote about the dangers of political parties in the Federalist papers and then helped to found the Republican party just a few years...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADISON, JAMES COSBaker, Peter
Summary: "Co-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. In the latter half of the twentieth century, no Republican won...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAKER, JAMES ADDISON BAKBrookhiser, Richard.
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of the fourth American president, including his work constructing the U.S. Constitution, his role in shaping American politics, his influence on partisan journalism, and his leadership during the War of 1812.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADISON, JAMES BROCheney, Lynne V.
Summary: "This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADISON, JAMES CHESummary: 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUVidal, Gore
Summary: An irreverent treatment of this hallowed history takes readers into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of these three giant figures in American history, examining their everyday concerns as well as critical decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 VIDFranklin, Benjamin
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US FranklinFranklin, Benjamin
Contents: Letters from London, 1757-1775 -- Paris, 1776-1785: including political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790: including bagatelles, speeches in the Constitutional Convention, writings on slavery, letters -- Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758 -- The autobiography.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1997
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 FRABrookhiser, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR BroFranklin, Benjamin
Contents: First mission to England, 1757-62 -- Return to Philadelphia, 1762-64 -- Second mission to England, 1764-75 -- Congress and the Declaration of Independence, 1775-76 -- Minister to France, 1776-78 : the Treaty of Alliance -- Minister to France, 1778-79 : an ambassador's life -- Minister to France, 1779-81 : the war continues -- Minister to France, 1781-83 : Peace Treaty with England -- Minister...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRASummary: The documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation₂s forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the U.S. Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HAMWood, Gordon S.
Summary: A series of studies of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers. Each life is considered in the round, but the thread that binds the work together is the idea of character as a lived reality for these men. For these were men, Wood shows, who took the matter of character very seriously. They were the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made, men who considered...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US WoodEpstein, Daniel Mark
Summary: Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the darker episodes in Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 EPSChernow, Ron.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2004