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Lang Matl
Author Davis, Kenneth C.

Title A nation rising : untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from America's hidden history / Kenneth C. Davis.

Imprint New York : Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, c2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  E339 .D38 2010    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  E339    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxvi, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-277) and index.
Contents Burr's trial -- Weatherford's war -- Madison's mutiny -- Dade's promise -- Morse's code -- Jessie's journey.
Summary Explores America's hidden history in the first half of the nineteenth century, one of the most tumultuous but overlooked periods in the nation's early history.
In the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States emerged from its inauspicious beginning as a newborn nation, to a near-empire that spanned the continent. It was a time in which the "dream of our founders" spread in ways that few
Subject United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780061118203
0061118206
9781616648770
1616648775