First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call to Independence

by Harlow Giles Unger

Book Overview

Before Washington, before Jefferson, before Franklin or John Adams, there was Lee--Richard Henry Lee, the First Founding Father

Richard Henry Lee was first to call for independence, first to call for union, and first to call for a bill of rights to protect Americans against government tyranny. A towering figure in America's Revolutionary War, Lee was as much the "father of our country" as George Washington, for it was Lee who secured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306825619
• ISBN13: 9780306825613
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 9.1"