American heroes
Subtitle: profiles of men and women who shaped early America
By: Edmund S. Morgan.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780393070101
Subjects: Heroes -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography; United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Reexamines the lives of bona-fide American heroes such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and reevaluates the legacies of religious figures such as Anne Hutchinson, whose trial for heresy and banishment riveted the colonies in 1637, and unknown martyrs such as Mary Easty and Giles Cory, executed for practicing witchcraft.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.