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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Samuel Adams	Stuart A. Kallen	Presents a biography of the Massachusetts radical whose belief in forceful protest against injustice made him one of the leaders of the American Revolution.	OL15042162W
If you were there in 1776	Barbara Brenner	Demonstrates how the concepts and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from the experiences of living in America in the late eighteenth century, with emphasis given to h…	OL17805215W
The Declaration of Independence	David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout	Examines the issues that led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the people involved, and its impact on the nation then and now	OL1809933W
John Hancock	Candice F. Ransom	Learn about the man who was elected as the governor of Massachusetts eleven times. As one of the richest men of time, John used his fortune to help finance the Revolutionary War.	OL18436808W
The Declaration of Independence	Lilly, Melinda.	A simple introduction to Independence Day and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.	OL20885333W
20 fun facts about the Declaration of Independence	Heather Moore Niver	Provides simple facts about the Declaration of Independence, including how Jefferson did not want to write it, what it is written on, and where it is now kept.	OL22060306W
The White House	Hal Marcovitz	The history of the White House, including the story of its construction, interesting and important facts and statistics, and its importance as an American symbol.	OL22301149W
The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence	George H Smith	1 online resource	OL27682260W
Capsulas informativas constitucionales	David J. Shestokas	Cápsulas Informativas Constitucionales es una publicación nueva y pionera para la comunidad hispanohablante estadounidense. David Shestokas, abogado, en colaboración con la Dra. Berta Arias, profesor…	OL27718759W
Being an American	Claire McCaffery Griffin,Veronica Burchard	These lessons focus "on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, civic values, and American heroes who embodied these values."--Preface	OL29235344W
The Fourth of July story	Alice Dalgliesh	Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial sett…	OL3500257W
Individual Rights Reconsidered	Tibor R. Machan	"The essays in this volume reconsider the case of the basic tenets of the U.S. political tradition, outlined in the Declaration of Independence and expressed in much of the U.S. legal system. The aut…	OL450172W
The Story of the Declaration of Independence	Dumas Malone	A pictorial history of the Declaration of Independence traces the events that built up to its writing, the lives of the signers and the documents' subsequent ""journeys"" before it came to its final …	OL4968314W
The Jeffersons	Cass R. Sandak	An account of the life of Thomas Jefferson and his family, describing his private and political affairs and the events of his presidency.	OL504181W
Samuel Adams	Tod Smith,Matt Doeden,Charles Barnett III,Dave Hoover,Keith Wilson	In graphic novel format, tells the life story of American Patriot Samuel Adams and his role in the events that led to the Revolutionary War.	OL5712470W
The Declaration of Independence	Jennifer Viegas	A historical review of the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the events that led up to its creation, and the influence of its author, Thomas Jefferson, on the final document.	OL5836561W
The Declaration of Independence	Kerry A. Graves	Focuses on the framing of the Declaration of Independence and the meaning of the document, describing the circumstances leading to the Revolutionary War and some of the challenges faced by the men wh…	OL5968162W
The Declaration of Independence	Lora Polack Oberle	Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and briefly examines the contents of the document itself.	OL6208432W
Know the Fifty Six Signers of the Declaration of I	Ross G	72 pages : 28 cm	OL9305598W