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Wit and Wisdom of the Founding Fathers

Author : Paul M. Zall
Publisher : Ecco Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wit and Wisdom of the Founding Fathers written by Paul M. Zall and published by Ecco Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "George Washington laughing? That the venerable Father of Our Country, the austere and unfailingly honest leader of historical record and legend, had a penchant for tall tales and crafty quips seems unthinkable to most Americans, even today. In The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers, historian and scholar Paul Zall shatters the sober image of American icons George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to reveal - and celebrate - their natural bent for incisive, spirited humor." "With ample quotes from personal correspondence and private memoirs, Zall peers behind the staid and serious facade of our first three presidents and demonstrates how each strove to suppress his sense of mirth to maintain a dignified public reputation. By lifting the curtain on our Founding Fathers as they engage in practical jokes and regale friends with humorous stories, Zall opens a window on their personalities otherwise obscured by our preconceptions of them as larger-than-life historical figures. While Franklin's humor and wisdom is legendary thanks to his authorship of Poor Richard's Almanac, readers will be surprised to learn that Washington had a penchant for biting sarcasm; that Adams engaged in direct, colloquial, even vulgar, humor; and that Jefferson, our most cerebral president, enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of his own situation as leader of the nation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

America's Founding Fathers

Author : Bill Adler
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1461625211
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book America's Founding Fathers written by Bill Adler and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably, no other revolution in history has enjoyed such a brilliant gallery of thinkers as the one that led to the founding of the United States. America’s Founding Fathers is centered on the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of the exemplary men who founded our nation. This book gathers together the founding fathers' best quotations on a variety of subjects including life, love, marriage, family, children, religion, patriotism, sacrifice, law, professionalism, medicine, public health, education, money, “modern” society, the Revolutionary War, humor, and death. Colleagues and rivals, friends and enemies, the eight founding fathers—Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Benjamin Rush, and Thomas Paine—here provide their views on subjects as relevant now as ever.

Bite-Size Franklin

Author : John P. Holms
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466889683
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Bite-Size Franklin written by John P. Holms and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a bestselling author and our nation's earliest spokesman, Benjamin Franklin brilliantly extolled virtues of temperance, industry, and self-reliance --character traits which throughout our history have been celebrated as both personally liberating and quintessentially American. In this next installment of the highly successful Bite-Size series, Bite-Size Franklin draws some practical wisdom, and more than a few laughs, from Franklin's intimate letters, scientific essays, newspaper articles, and revolutionary writings, as well as from the pages of career advice, aphorisms, and humorous verse he weaved together in his Autobiography, and in his yearly publication Poor Richard's Almanac.

In Their Own Words

Author : Edward Robert Nasello
Publisher : Proof Perfect
ISBN 13 : 9780983189800
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book In Their Own Words written by Edward Robert Nasello and published by Proof Perfect. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Their Own Words: The Wisdom and Passion of Our Founding Fathers. A Book to Share with Your Children and Grandchildren. The words of the founding fathers are full of both wisdom and passion. From one generation of American's to the next, these words serve as an enduring reminder of the principles and values upon which the United States has been founded. In Their Own Words provides patriots of all ages the opportunity to share in the wisdom of the founders by exploring the words of some of the most celebrated founding fathers (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine). Questions and commentary are also provided to prompt discussion about the inspired ideals that have paved the road for a nation founded on the blessings of liberty.

The Essential Wisdom of the Founding Fathers

Author : Carol Kelly-Gangi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435168534
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Wisdom of the Founding Fathers written by Carol Kelly-Gangi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quotable Founding Fathers

Author : Buckner F. Melton
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612342876
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Quotable Founding Fathers written by Buckner F. Melton and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No group is quoted--and misquoted--more often than America's founders. When a political controversy heats up, the nation's speechwriters, politicians, reporters, editorial writers, and talking heads try to influence the debate by quoting their words. Year in and year out, teachers and political buffs look to their wisdom to illuminate the issues. How much easier it would be to find every key quote by the founders in a single source. The Quotable Founding Fathers, edited by Buckner F. Melton, Jr., provides just that source--a compilation of some 2,500 quotes summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders. While some of these quotations can be found in general quotation compilations such as Bartlett's, these volumes offer only a fraction of what's available. The Quotable Founding Fathers mines deeper into the founders' essays, diaries, letters, speeches, and sermons to extract all the nuggets that are significant to the history of the country-- and to the ongoing debate about the meaning of democracy in America.

The Founding Fathers

Author : Gordon Leidner
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402280106
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Founding Fathers written by Gordon Leidner and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with over two hundred quotes from John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and more, The Founding Fathers: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches captures the essence of America's most influential leaders in an elegant collection that explores the American Revolution. Discover their thoughts on honesty, democracy, perseverance, hope, liberty, and leadership, and read from landmark speeches of the day—from Samuel Adam's 1776 address to the Continental Congress to George Washington's resignation speech. Hear the voices of the people who changed the world. Praise for Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches "An easy and enjoyable introduction to one of America's greatest presidents and heroes."—Tom Schwartz, historian emeritus for the state of Illinois "Gordon Leidner provides readers with a toothsome smorgasbord of Abraham Lincoln's wit and wisdom. This volume is an excellent introduction to the Great Emancipator's humanity, philosophy, humor, and eloquence."—Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois-Springfield "Abraham Lincoln had the God-given talent to express himself in words that the people felt and understood. [This] book enables readers to sample and touch the greatness of Lincoln through his letters, public papers, and speeches."—Edwin C. Bearrs, historican emeritus, National Park Service

Calvin Coolidge on the Founders

Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : Church & Reid Books
ISBN 13 : 1479213527
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Calvin Coolidge on the Founders written by David Pietrusza and published by Church & Reid Books. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages Silent Cal Coolidge focuses his famed terse eloquence on the nation's founders, not merely on George Washington's indispensable figure but also on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton, Washington's fellow Virginia patriots, the Battles of Bunker Hill, Princeton, and Trenton, Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, Boston's Old North Church, Methodist Episcopal Bishop Francis Asbury, and the pivotal role Jewish Americans played in winning of our freedoms. No modern president has spoken so much—or so well—of America's providential genesis. Coolidge turns mere history into a history lesson.David Pietrusza, editor of "Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge", is also the award-winning author of "1920: The Year of the Six Presidents", "1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon," "1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America", and "Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series." Pietrusza has served on both the national advisory board and the board of directors of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation.ALSO BY DAVID PIETRUSZA:"SILENT CAL'S ALMANACK""Calvin Coolidge was one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century and is certainly the most underrated. This book, compiled by one of my favorite historians, will give readers a full appreciation of why Silent Cal's wisdom shines like a beacon through the fog of historical amnesia."—Jonah Goldberg, author of "Liberal Fascism"“David Pietrusza reminds us that decades before the age of the sound bite, Calvin Coolidge mastered the art. But unlike most politicians today, he used few words to say a wisdom-packed mouthful.”—David Stokes, author of "Apparent Danger—The Pastor of America's First Megachurch and the Texas Murder Trial of the Decade of the 1920s"www.davidpietrusza.com

Alexander Hamilton Wit & Wisdom

Author : Inc Peter Pauper Press
Publisher : Peter Pauper Press
ISBN 13 : 9781441324900
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Alexander Hamilton Wit & Wisdom written by Inc Peter Pauper Press and published by Peter Pauper Press. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover America's most acerbic founding father in his own words! This handsome pocket-sized volume offers a collection of insights, witticisms, declarations, and sentiments penned by Alexander Hamilton throughout his life. From arguments in favor of the U. S. Constitution, to wartime correspondence with his wife Elizabeth, this little volume offers a glimpse into Hamilton's perspectives on the issues, events, and people who defined his life as well as the founding of America. Get acquainted with Hamilton, the writer; Hamilton, the man; and discover Hamilton's thoughts on Human Nature, Government, and Life. Includes full-color images. 64-page hardcover pocket gift book. Mini book measures 3-1/4 inches wide by 5-3/8 inches high.

What Would the Founding Fathers Think?

Author : David Bowman
Publisher : Plain Sight
ISBN 13 : 9781462110612
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book What Would the Founding Fathers Think? written by David Bowman and published by Plain Sight. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses our country's current crisis as compared with the original intentions for America.

The American Soul

Author : Jacob Needleman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585422265
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The American Soul written by Jacob Needleman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-06-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.

The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew

Author : Lee Kuan Yew
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
ISBN 13 : 981438528X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew written by Lee Kuan Yew and published by Editions Didier Millet. This book was released on 2013 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Kuan Yew played the pivotal role in Singapore’s transition from British Crown Colony to independent developing nation, and on to the economically powerful and diplomatically influential city-state it is today. Throughout this surprising and at times painful journey, he has proved a charismatic and occasionally controversial leader. Lee is a conviction politician whose speeches are unambiguous, characterful and eminently quotable; this collection of almost 600 short quotations provides a compelling summary of his views on a wide range of topics from Singapore’s past, present and future. In Lee's own words: "I have been accused of many things in my lfe, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind."

Ben Franklin

Author : Alan Schroeder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823419500
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Ben Franklin written by Alan Schroeder and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the life and accomplishments, from A to Z, of a Founding Father, from armonicas to bifocals, with adages and cartoons.

Founding Mothers

Author : Cokie Roberts
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061867462
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Founding Mothers written by Cokie Roberts and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cokie Roberts's number one New York Times bestseller, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history, including the romance of John and Abigail Adams. Now Roberts returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families -- and their country -- proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it. While much has been written about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, battled the British, and framed the Constitution, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters they left behind have been little noticed by history. Roberts brings us the women who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men, often defending their very doorsteps. While the men went off to war or to Congress, the women managed their businesses, raised their children, provided them with political advice, and made it possible for the men to do what they did. The behind-the-scenes influence of these women -- and their sometimes very public activities -- was intelligent and pervasive. Drawing upon personal correspondence, private journals, and even favored recipes, Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials and extraordinary triumphs of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green, Esther DeBerdt Reed, and Martha Washington -- proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might never have survived. Social history at its best, Founding Mothers unveils the drive, determination, creative insight, and passion of the other patriots, the women who raised our nation. Roberts proves beyond a doubt that like every generation of American women that has followed, the founding mothers used the unique gifts of their gender -- courage, pluck, sadness, joy, energy, grace, sensitivity, and humor -- to do what women do best, put one foot in front of the other in remarkable circumstances and carry on.

Founding Documents Boxed Set

Author : Founding Fathers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781429094306
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Founding Documents Boxed Set written by Founding Fathers and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome boxed set features our four most historic documents of American wisdom from our Founding Fathers: The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Constitution of the United States of America, and The Bill of Rights.

Our Country's Founders

Author : William J. Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689844697
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Our Country's Founders written by William J. Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of advice from our nation's founders on how to be a good citizen and a worthy member of civil society.

Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack

Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486110737
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack written by Benjamin Franklin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of delightful aphorisms, carefully selected from many issues of Franklin's popular 18th-century publication: "He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas" and many others.