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This guide will introduce you to a variety of local, state, and federal resources, as well as information on elections and access to government documents.
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story — although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries — is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating on the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights, resisting government overreach by assembling one of the nation's first political parties (the Republicans,...
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Language
English
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Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all." Few figures...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briely introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, touching on his inventions and his contributions to the city of Philadelphia as well as to the newly formed United States of America.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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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