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Kidd, Thomas S.
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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
United States. Continental Congress -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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Patrick Henry : first among patriots / Thomas S. Kidd.
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Kidd, Thomas S.
Subjects
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
United States. Continental Congress
--
Biography.
Legislators
--
United States
--
Biography.
Virginia
--
Politics
and
government
--
1775-1783
.
United States
--
Politics
and
government
--
1775-1783
.
United States
--
Politics
and
government
--
1783-1789.
Publisher Info:
New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Description:
xiii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780465009282 (hardcover : alk. paper)
046500928X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Contents:
If your industry be only half equal to your genius : Patrick Henry and backcountry
Virginia
--
The infatuation of new light : the Great Awakening and the parsons' cause
--
If this be treason : the Stamp Act crisis
--
The first man upon this continent : boycotts and the growing crisis with Britain
--
Liberty or death : arming for revolution
--
To cut the knot : independence
--
Our worthy governor : Patrick Henry in wartime
--
Virtue has taken its departure : the war's end and a new
Virginia
--
I smelt a rat : defending the revolution by opposing the Constitution
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To care for the crazy machine : reconciling with the republic
--
Mourn
Virginia
mourn! : the legacy of Patrick Henry.
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Summary:
Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central
government
. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution.
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