Title: Who were the founding fathers?
First published: 1996
Description: The history of our revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod, smote the Earth and out sprung General Washington. John Adams to Benjamin Rush, April 4, 1790. From the beginning of the American Revolution to the very latest talk show and court case, Americans have argued over the Founding Fathers. Not only have we questioned the motives, meaning, and purpose of their actions, we have fought over who they actually were: Only signers of the Declaration? Soldiers on the front? Women in the homes? Slaves in the fields? Who were the Founding Fathers? America was founded relatively recently, and by people whose lives we can trace. Deciding what we think of the Founders also means determining what we stand for as a country. As labor unions and company lawyers, Confederates and Abolitionists, American Nazis and American Communists, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X have sought to speak for America, they too have defined and redefined the Founders.
Subjects: Historiography, Politics and government, History, Founding Fathers of the United States, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, biography, United states, declaration of independence, United states, declaration of independence, juvenile literature, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, juvenile literature
Places: United States
Time periods: 1775-1783, Revolution, 1775-1783
LC classification: E209 .J29 1996