Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

✍ Scribed by Kidd, Thomas S

• Book ID: 108440992
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 235 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780465028108

✦ Synopsis

Most Americans know Patrick Henry as a fiery speaker whose pronouncement "Give me liberty or give me death!" rallied American defiance to the British Crown. But Henry's skills as an orator--sharpened in the small towns and courtrooms of colonial Virginia--are only one part of his vast, but largely forgotten, legacy. As historian Thomas S. Kidd shows, Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution.

In Patrick Henry , Kidd pulls back the curtain on one of our most radical, passionate Founders, showing that until we understand Henry himself, we will neglect many of the Revolution's animating values.