Patrick Henry: The Last Years - Couverture souple

Patrick Daily

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1931196141 ISBN 13 : 9781931196147

Synopsis

The decade of the 1790s was for Patrick Henry his golden years. During this period Henry crowned his brilliant legal career with magnificent oratory in the British Debts Case, fueling a legendary status that had already encompassed him. It was a period when Patrick Henry, former Continental Congressman and Revolutionary War Governor, was accorded some of the highest public accolades and attention bestowed upon any U.S. citizen of his time. Yet, as we shall see in the ensuing chapters, that very fame which he neither sought nor desired proved detrimental to his memory. It magnified every word Henry spoke or wrote which, when interpreted by friends and adversaries, led to long-term misrepresentations of his true feelings about the state of American government, politics, and society in the 1790s. Today, Patrick Henry’s last years are cited by a few historians as evidence that Henry was a typical man of his time, more mythical than real. Others dismiss his last years as insignificant, while at the same time bemoan the lack of information on this period in his life.

Détails de l'édition

• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1931196141
• ISBN 13: 9781931196147
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 267
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