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Summary: Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.313 FRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.3 FREDavid, Alex
Summary: "This book is about Patrick Henry's famous speech"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov DavidHarris, Michael C.
Summary: "Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov What HarrisTaylor-Butler, Christine.
Summary: Discusses the meaning and purpose of a constitution; recounts reasons why people thought the United States needed one in the 1780s and the events of the Constitutional Convention; and describes the Constitution's main points and how it has changed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.02 TAYMortensen, Lori
Summary: Describes the history of the Declaration of Independence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.313 MOROberle, Lora Polack.
Summary: Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and briefly examines the contents of the document itself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 OBECheney, Lynne V.
Summary: In May 1787 delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia and, meeting over the course of a sweltering summer, created a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America CheneyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J342.73 CHEClay, Kathryn
Summary: Shares facts about the Declaration of Independence, including the work of the First Continental Congress, how the document was shared with the American people, and its various parts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: In 1776 Thomas Jefferson put his quill to paper and the Declaration of Independence sprang to life. Follow the Declaration's journey over the next two centuries, surviving eight wars and travelling through five states on horseback, boat, railcar, and tank to its current home in the National Archives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 SAIRissman, Rebecca.
Summary: Discusses the history of the Declaration of Independence, the people responsible for drafting it, and what the text states, in addition to exploring how conservators in the National Archives have repaired the original document.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2013
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Summary: "Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: L900 HARAbramson, Marcia
Summary: "Everyone knows the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. But did you know that it took until July 9th for General George Washington to get his hands on it? Explore the extreme history of our nation's birth certificate"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021
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Summary: Show Me History will show you the real man behind the myths! Known as the "Father of Our Country," George Washington lost his own father at the age of 11, was a surrogate father to Alexander Hamilton, and yet was never a father himself. In war and in peace, he left an unmistakable impression on his new nation in more ways than you know. George Washington: Soldier and Statesman! tells the story...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2020
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Summary: Thomas Jefferson first met the Marquis de Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The two could not have seemed more different. When Jefferson moved to Paris three years later as a diplomat, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 CHAMarrin, Albert.
Summary: A fast-paced account of the life and times of the man who became the first president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2001