Bibliograph

The signers, the fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence, Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Type

Label

The signers, the fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence, Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-158) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The signers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49805907

Responsibility statement

Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Sub title

the fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence

Summary

Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented. Includes the text of the Declaration and its history

Table Of Contents

Massachusetts: Samuel Adams -- John Hancock -- John Adams -- Robert Treat Paine -- Elbridge Gerry -- Virginia: Richard Henry Lee -- Francis Lightfoot Lee -- George Wythe -- Thomas Jefferson -- Thomas Nelson -- Carter Braxton -- Benjamin Harrison -- Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin -- Robert Morris -- Benjamin Rush -- George Clymer -- James Wilson -- John Morton -- George Ross -- George Taylor -- James Smith -- New Jersey: Richard Stockton -- Francis Hopkinson -- John Witherspoon -- John Hart -- Abraham Clark -- Delaware: Thomas McKean -- Caesar Rodney -- George Read -- Rhode Island: William Ellery -- Stephen Hopkins -- Connecticut: Oliver Wolcott -- Samuel Huntington -- William Williams -- Roger Sherman -- New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett -- William Whipple -- Matthew Thornton -- Maryland: Samuel Chase -- William Paca -- Thomas Stone -- Charles Carroll of Carrollton -- North Carolina: William Hooper -- John Penn -- Joseph Hewes -- South Carolina: Edward Rutledge -- Thomas Lynch, Jr.-- Thomas Heyward Jr.-- Arthur Middleton -- Georgia: Lyman Hall -- Button Gwinnett -- George Walton -- New York: Lewis Morris -- Philip Livingston -- Francis Lewis -- William Floyd -- Declaration of Independence

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification