Extraordinary Patriots of the United States of American: Colonial Times to Pre-Civil War

ISBN-13: 9780937660911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 180 str.

Nancy Robinson Masters

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Did you know...Sybil Ludington's daring midnight ride in 1777 saved the American colonists, though no epic poem was ever written about her?George Washington defied his own mother, who deemed him a traitor?Caesar Rodney determined to cast the deciding vote for independence despite the cancer ravaging his body?Daring! Defiant! Determined!Discover the extraordinary contributions of many well-known, little-known, and unknown American patriots who established a new nation unlike any other! Each of these brief biographies will inspire today's citizens to become the extraordinary patriots of the future.