Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
by Jon Kukla
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 143919081X
- ISBN 13
- 9781439190814
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. xiv+ 541 pp. with index. Illustrations. Biography of one of the most inportant figures of the American Revolution, Virginia's Patrick Henry. He was considered one of the finest orators in the land (most famously, Henry once said "Give me liberty of give me death!"), an early staubch advocate for independence, delegate to the first Continental Congress and first post-colonial governor of Virginia. He would late decline to attend the Constitutional Convention and opposed the new Constitution voicing fear that central government would limit states' rights; his opposition led to the first ten adnedments, The Bill of Rights
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E28137
- Title
- Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
- Author
- Jon Kukla
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 143919081X
- ISBN 13
- 9781439190814
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- american revolution, virginia, colonial, constitution, bill of rights
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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