Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution
by L. Carroll Judson
Publisher: Moss & Brother 1854
ISBN/ASIN: 1147048142
Number of pages: 480
Description:
This volume contains the condensed substance of more expensive works that have been published relative to the men and times of the American Revolution. The character and acts of the most prominent Sages and Heroes of that eventful era are delineated. A sufficient amount of documentary matter is inserted to enable the reader to fully understand the causes, progress and triumphant termination of that sanguinary struggle that resulted in Freedom to the new world and prepared an asylum for the oppressed.
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