Author: Anna Crowley Redding
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062740328
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today the Declaration of Independence is one of the United States' most heavily guarded treasures, but during the War of 1812 it would have been destroyed if not for one man whose story has nearly been forgotten by time.
Rescuing the Declaration of Independence
Author: Anna Crowley Redding
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062740328
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today the Declaration of Independence is one of the United States' most heavily guarded treasures, but during the War of 1812 it would have been destroyed if not for one man whose story has nearly been forgotten by time.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062740328
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today the Declaration of Independence is one of the United States' most heavily guarded treasures, but during the War of 1812 it would have been destroyed if not for one man whose story has nearly been forgotten by time.
The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence
Author: Judith St. George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399237380
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Declaration of Independence has had a history full of ups and downs and this witty story tells about it.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399237380
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Declaration of Independence has had a history full of ups and downs and this witty story tells about it.
What Is the Declaration of Independence?
Author: Michael C. Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 044848692X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation—The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 044848692X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation—The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War.
The Declaration of Independence from A to Z
Author: Catherine L. Orsornio
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 1455603414
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Teach your young readers about the alphabet and America’s colonial history & early government in this charming picture book. From the Boston Tea Party in 1773 to the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, this comprehensive alphabet book chronologically follows the citizens of the thirteen colonies and their fight for representation. Ruled from afar by King George III of England, the colonists rebelled against his tyranny to declare a new nation. Through historical descriptions, character profiles, and engaging artwork, young readers will learn how America achieved its freedom. As the Americans march toward liberty, author Catherine L. Osornio guides children through C is for Continental Congress, which was formed to defend the rights of the colonists, to R is for Revolution, which brought about a change in government. The ringing of bells and the blasting of cannons accompany the Declaration’s completion as the citizens of America announce their right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Praise for The Declaration of Independence from A to Z ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTION “Stunning. Educational. Inspiring. Every American—especially students, teachers, librarians, and parents—should have this book!” —Nancy I. Sanders, author of America’s Black Founders “Accurate historical details in the paintings help illuminate the period.” —School Library Journal “The easiest way to teach American history since 1776.” —Midwest Book Review
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 1455603414
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Teach your young readers about the alphabet and America’s colonial history & early government in this charming picture book. From the Boston Tea Party in 1773 to the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, this comprehensive alphabet book chronologically follows the citizens of the thirteen colonies and their fight for representation. Ruled from afar by King George III of England, the colonists rebelled against his tyranny to declare a new nation. Through historical descriptions, character profiles, and engaging artwork, young readers will learn how America achieved its freedom. As the Americans march toward liberty, author Catherine L. Osornio guides children through C is for Continental Congress, which was formed to defend the rights of the colonists, to R is for Revolution, which brought about a change in government. The ringing of bells and the blasting of cannons accompany the Declaration’s completion as the citizens of America announce their right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Praise for The Declaration of Independence from A to Z ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTION “Stunning. Educational. Inspiring. Every American—especially students, teachers, librarians, and parents—should have this book!” —Nancy I. Sanders, author of America’s Black Founders “Accurate historical details in the paintings help illuminate the period.” —School Library Journal “The easiest way to teach American history since 1776.” —Midwest Book Review
The Declaration of Independence
Lari Pittman
Author: Cornelia H. Butler
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
ISBN: 9783791356891
Category : Gay artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The incredible detail and scale of Lari Pittman's mesmerizing paintings are gloriously recreated in this lushly-illustrated retrospective book. One of the most prolific and exuberant painters of the past three decades, Lari Pittman creates works that mirror the social fabric of his time. This volume follows Pittman's trajectory as his visual language evolved and his technical mastery grew ever more sophisticated. From his early works--defiant affirmations of identity in the increasingly conservative 1980s--to his more recent subjects that feature emblems of cultural regression and commercialism, Pittman's paintings are uniquely operatic and ambitious. This book features over sixty paintings and thirty drawings, including Pittman's mural-scale series Flying Carpets. Alongside these illustrations are essays that place Pittman's imagery within both Modernism and recent histories of Los Angeles, and examine the work's political commentary as well as its many literary references. Serving as a cipher for the political tensions around the body and transcultural identity, Lari Pittman emerges as an artist who speaks truth to power through a visual language that reflects the contemporary world. Published with the Hammer Museum
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
ISBN: 9783791356891
Category : Gay artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The incredible detail and scale of Lari Pittman's mesmerizing paintings are gloriously recreated in this lushly-illustrated retrospective book. One of the most prolific and exuberant painters of the past three decades, Lari Pittman creates works that mirror the social fabric of his time. This volume follows Pittman's trajectory as his visual language evolved and his technical mastery grew ever more sophisticated. From his early works--defiant affirmations of identity in the increasingly conservative 1980s--to his more recent subjects that feature emblems of cultural regression and commercialism, Pittman's paintings are uniquely operatic and ambitious. This book features over sixty paintings and thirty drawings, including Pittman's mural-scale series Flying Carpets. Alongside these illustrations are essays that place Pittman's imagery within both Modernism and recent histories of Los Angeles, and examine the work's political commentary as well as its many literary references. Serving as a cipher for the political tensions around the body and transcultural identity, Lari Pittman emerges as an artist who speaks truth to power through a visual language that reflects the contemporary world. Published with the Hammer Museum
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Author: Danielle Allen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871408139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
“A tour de force.... No one has ever written a book on the Declaration quite like this one.” —Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize Winner of the Society of American Historians’ Francis Parkman Prize Winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize (Nonfiction) Finalist for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Hurston Wright Legacy Award Shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Award A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Selection Featured on the front page of the New York Times, Our Declaration is already regarded as a seminal work that reinterprets the promise of American democracy through our founding text. Combining a personal account of teaching the Declaration with a vivid evocation of the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen, a political philosopher renowned for her work on justice and citizenship reveals our nation’s founding text to be an animating force that not only changed the world more than two-hundred years ago, but also still can. Challenging conventional wisdom, she boldly makes the case that the Declaration is a document as much about political equality as about individual liberty. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Our Declaration is an “uncommonly elegant, incisive, and often poetic primer on America’s cardinal text” (David M. Kennedy).
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871408139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
“A tour de force.... No one has ever written a book on the Declaration quite like this one.” —Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize Winner of the Society of American Historians’ Francis Parkman Prize Winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize (Nonfiction) Finalist for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Hurston Wright Legacy Award Shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Award A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Selection Featured on the front page of the New York Times, Our Declaration is already regarded as a seminal work that reinterprets the promise of American democracy through our founding text. Combining a personal account of teaching the Declaration with a vivid evocation of the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen, a political philosopher renowned for her work on justice and citizenship reveals our nation’s founding text to be an animating force that not only changed the world more than two-hundred years ago, but also still can. Challenging conventional wisdom, she boldly makes the case that the Declaration is a document as much about political equality as about individual liberty. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Our Declaration is an “uncommonly elegant, incisive, and often poetic primer on America’s cardinal text” (David M. Kennedy).
The Side-By-Side Declaration of Independence
Author: David Miles
Publisher: Great Documents Collection
ISBN: 9781638190486
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Don't let the old-fashioned language of the Declaration of Independence scare you any longer! In The Side-by-Side Declaration of Independence, kids (and grownups alike) can read the original text of this important document on each lefthand page with a "plain English" translation on each righthand page. Bright illustrations, helpful definitions, and other fun facts round out this brilliant way to dive into the original language and meaning of this founding document.
Publisher: Great Documents Collection
ISBN: 9781638190486
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Don't let the old-fashioned language of the Declaration of Independence scare you any longer! In The Side-by-Side Declaration of Independence, kids (and grownups alike) can read the original text of this important document on each lefthand page with a "plain English" translation on each righthand page. Bright illustrations, helpful definitions, and other fun facts round out this brilliant way to dive into the original language and meaning of this founding document.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Author: Robert G. Ferris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780936478074
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780936478074
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description