First founding father : Richard Henry Lee and the call to independence

First founding father : Richard Henry Lee and the call to independence / Harlow Giles Unger.

A portrait of one of America's Founding Fathers illuminates his role in securing key political and diplomatic victories in the Revolutionary War, his efforts to unite the colonial government and his negotiations with French supporters to secure essential arms.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unger, Harlow G., 1931- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2017.
Edition:First Da Capo Press edition.
Subjects:
Lee, Richard Henry, > 1732-1794.
United States. > Declaration of Independence > Signers > Biography.
Revolutionaries > United States > Biography.
Politicians > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
Virginia > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Evolution of a dynasty
  • Egyptian bondage
  • No liberty, no king!
  • Poet, playwright, watchmaker, spy
  • An indispensable necessity
  • The enemy of everything good
  • A most bloody battle
  • To discard General Washington
  • President Richard Henry Lee
  • Riots and mobbish proceedings
  • The farmer and the Federalist
  • His majesty the president
  • Appendix A : The Leedstown, or Westmoreland, resolves
  • Appendix B : The signers and the declaration.

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