Title: American heroes
Subtitle: profiles of men and women who shaped early America
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Biography, History, Heroes, United states, history
Places: United States
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1783-1815
LC classification: E187.5 .M67 2009