Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)

Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson recovers a crucially important--yet almost always overlooked--chapter of George Washington's life, revealing how Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first president.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, GEORGE LAR

Summary: Contains writings, debates, and speeches from 1787-88 expressing views on the United States Constitution, both for and against ratification.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.029 DEB

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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC DEB

Groom, 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

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

Summary: Contains writings, debates, and speeches from 1787-88 expressing views on the United States Constitution, both for and against ratification.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.029 DEB

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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC DEB

Groom, Winston

Summary: "When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different; their relationships with each other were complex and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 GRO

Summary: "The goal of this course is to illuminate the original foundations of our American civic culture by reenacting the Great Debate, from 1787 to 1788, over ratification of the proposed constitution. We will focus on the most profound intellectual and philosophic levels of the contoversy, centered on the competing republican visions held by the proponents of the constitution (Federalists) and their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 GRE
Call number: DVD 342 GRE

Harness, Cheryl.

Summary: Presents the life of George Washington, focusing on the Revolutionary War years and his presidency.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

Ellis, Joseph J.

Summary: "The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 342.7302 ELL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ELL

Taylor-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 TAY

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

Summary: "The threat of foreign and domestic corruption; the balance of power between the federal government and the states and the controversial role of the Supreme Court; the danger of an unrestrained president and the potential remedy of impeachment. During the contest to ratify the Constitution America's founding generation wrestled with key questions and challenges that continue to test our nation...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.73 ESS

Oberle, 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 OBE

Morris, Richard B.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 MOR

Coe, Alexis

Summary: "In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he's not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused aninternational incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, GEORGE COE

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WASHINGTON COE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: History US Pres Coe

Head, David

Summary: On March 15, 1783, General George Washington addressed a group of angry officers in an effort to rescue the American Revolution from mutiny at the highest level. After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution still blazed on, and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke, paying its debts with loans from France. Political...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.339 HEA

Isaacson, 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

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ISA

Isaacson, 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

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 FRA

Cheney, 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 Cheney

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J342.73 CHE

Schmidt, Maegan.

Summary: Investigates the people involved with and the events leading up to the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.029 SCH

Brookhiser, Richard.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR Bro

Berkin, Carol.

Summary: We know and love the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. We forget, though, that the Articles of Confederation and our first attempts at self-government were disasters; the post-revolutionary Confederation slipped quickly into factional bickering and economic crisis. In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.318 BER

Burns, Eric.

Summary: Profiles of the Founding Fathers of the United States evaluate their lives, careers, and specific contributions to the U.S. Constitution, in a historical assessment that illuminates their motivations while explaining how their shared vision remains relevant.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BUR

DeRose, Chris (Christopher)

Summary: DeRose tells the never-before-told story of the 1789 congressional election in Virginia's 5th district and of the two men who fought it: James Madison and James Monroe. They were friends and political allies for most of their lives, but their paths diverged when they found themselves at odds with each other in the battle over the Constitution.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 DER