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Signing Their Lives Away
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Item Description...
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Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.
Publishers Description
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison; Thomas Lynch was lost at sea; and of course Sam Adams achieved fame as a patriot/brewer. Complete with portraits of the signers as well as a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.
Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Wired, Discover, and other national publications. D’Agnese’s work has twice been included in the anthology “Best American Science Writing.” Both are winners of Educational Press Association awards. They live in North Carolina. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 256
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 5.5" Height: 8"
Weight: 1.1 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date May 1, 2009
Publisher Quirk Books
ISBN 1594743304
EAN 9781594743306
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 | Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence. Sep 25, 2009 |
Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence. Author: Joseph D'Agnese. 256 pages. 2009.
This book is a collection of three and four page biographies of those individuals who signed the Declaration of Independence. Each biographies describes their birth, early life, their professions and reasons for being their at the time of the signing (though one did not sign the document until five years later), it also tells what happened to them and where they died and are buried. To make the subject interesting or tell people remember these men each is given a historical fact or oddity which best describes or exemplifies them. Typically the singular characteristic is one noted in the journals or diaries of their peers.
Their stories are interesting and often subject to myth. The reality though is often far more interesting. But beyond the men, looming always in the background, is the Declaration of Independence itself. The document you can see under glass at the National Archives is not the same document which was agreed on and then proclaimed in public reading.
Remember the document was sent to the publisher for typeset and proclamation on the fourth of July. That copy, the broadsheet, had only two typeset signatures. That document which was read aloud in public was not unanimously adopted, New York had abstained. The version viewable under glass states "unanimous" because by then New York sanctioned its delegates to vote in the affirmative.
| | | | Great History Lesson! Sep 7, 2009 |
These men who founded our country, most of them died penniless. Most, if not all, thought that public service was a privilege, to make money off of your public service was vile. Unlike today's politicians.
These were true patriots, and left England because of the church, not to found another country bases on the same religious crap.
Read this book, and it will give you a much better understanding of how our country was formed, and how far we have fallen, as a country.
| | | | Fantastic book Aug 18, 2009 |
I lead a very active retired life and don't really have the time to read anything except Readers Digest type books. This book was very well written, the stories short, factual and revealing about history that wasn't taught in school.
I would whole heartily recommend this book to anyone who considers themselves a history buff. | | | | Boiled down to just the right size Aug 12, 2009 |
Bite size biographies of the signers. You get the essential facts that are easy to digest. These short life stories will impress upon you the fact that many of them did so much more than sign The Declaration of Independence. They contributed to, and sacrificed a lot for, the success of the American Revolution in many different and significant ways. Without the combined effect of all these efforts it is difficult to imagine independence being achieved the way it was. This little book is a great reminder that the people carved into Mount Rushmore and a few other big names stand on the shoulders of a multitude of less famous but not less brave patriots.
| | |  | Great book for the history or trivia buff! Jul 14, 2009 |
| As both a history buff and trivia expert, I was delighted with "Signing Their Lives Away"! It is fun to read, formatted in an interesting and attractive way, and uniquely informative. I was really impressed with the extent and detail of the research that went into this book. It covers many interesting aspects of American Revolutionary history that have been overlooked, or overshadowed by greater events of the period. It also dispels many myths which have been perpetuated about some of our founding fathers. Whether you are a historian, trivia nut, or just like fun books, I think this is a slam-dunk. | | | Write your own review about Signing Their Lives Away
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