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Books in Revolutionary War Leaders series

  • Samuel Adams: American Patriot

    Veda Boyd Jones

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the life and accomplishments of the Massachusetts radical whose belief in forceful protest against injustice made him one of the leaders of the American Revolution.
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  • Molly Pitcher: Heroine

    Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the life and accomplishments of the woman who became a Revolutionary War heroine when she carried water to the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.
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  • John Burgoyne: British General

    Daniel E. Harmon, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Describes the life and accomplishments of the British general known as "Gentleman Johnny," who took part in the first British invasion of the New York colony, surrendered his army at Saratoga, and returned to England to resume his career as a playwright.
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  • John Jay: First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

    Phelan Powell, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2000)
    Profiles the New York lawyer who became a diplomat to gather aid and support for the American Revolution and later served as the new nation's first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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  • John Hancock: President of the Continental Congress

    Ann Gaines, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the president of the Second Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko: Polish General and Patriot

    Meg Greene

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Provides a biography of the Polish aristocrat who believed in freedom, fought in the American Revolution, and was appointed chief of the Engineering Corps of the Northern army.
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  • James Madison: Father of the Constitutuon

    Brent P. Kelley, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the "Father of the Constitution" and fourth president of the United States.
  • George Rogers Clark: American General

    Michael Burgan, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Describes the life and accomplishments of the respected soldier and frontiersman.
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  • Alexander Hamilton: First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

    Veda Boyd Jones

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Describes Hamilton's rise from humble origins to Treasury Secretary
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  • John Paul Jones: Father of the U.S. Navy

    Norma Jean Lutz

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 1999)
    A biography of the well-known naval leader, John Paul Jones, from his birth in Scotland through his participation in the American Revolution to his death in Paris at the age of forty-five.
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  • Betsy Ross

    Susan Martins Miller

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1999)
    A biography of the Philadelphia seamstress who helped design and make the first flag to represent the United States of America.
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  • Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence

    Veda Boyd Jones

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the multitalented leader who wrote the Declaration of independence and became the third president of the United States, discussing his childhood, education, involvement in colonial politics, writings, and career as a statesman.
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