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

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

New York De Capo Press 2017

xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

923.273 L479un 2017

(OCoLC)975485725

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.|Richard Henry Lee was the first to call for independence, and the first to call for union. He was "father of our country" as much as George Washington, securing the necessary political and diplomatic victories in the Revolutionary War. Lee played a critical role in holding the colonial government together, declaring the nation's independence, and ensuring victory for the Continental Army by securing the first shipments of French arms to American troops. Next to Washington, Lee was arguably the most important American leader in the war against the British. Drawing on original manuscripts-many overlooked or ignored by contemporary historians-Unger paints a powerful portrait of a towering figure in the American Revolution.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.|L2019M110

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