Description: Here's a great Gift Idea! Greatness to Spare The Heroic Sacrifices of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence by T.R. Fehrenbach From the Publisher: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." On July 4, 1776 John Hancock was the first to sign his name below this pledge. Over the following four years fifty-five other men signed the Declaration of Independence and, by doing so, they too made this awesome pledge. At a time when this revolution against the Crown of England was not history but a dangerous gamble for freedom, when the prospects for victory were small, these men branded themselves "leaders of the revolution," and so put their futures on the line for this new concept in which they believed—liberty. Here are the stories of forty-two of these men, patriots who redeemed their pledge with heroic personal sacrifice. Somehow, with the whole panorama of Revolutionary War on which to focus, the stories of these men and their sacrifices have largely been forgotten. But sacrifice they did, for during the ebb and flow of seven years of war these men were constantly hunted; their families singled out for persecution; their sacrifices to the war effort particularly great. Although there was a former indentured servant among the signers, these are largely the stories of property owners, men who had worked hard to achieve success, men who had everything to lose. Told by a best-selling author with a deep personal feeling for his subject, these are the stories of a man who trained American guns on his own home because it was being used as a British command post; of a man who would not recant his pledge to gain the release of his two sons, captured and being tortured by the British; of a man who by signing cut himself off from English doctors, the only men in the world who could treat a malignancy eating away his face. These are stories of sacrifice with patriotism as its sole motive. Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence; and of these fifty-six, not one recanted. It is difficult to understand why these powerful, true stories have been so largely forgotten. Having read them, you will never forget them. ==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+== CATEGORY: Non-Fiction GENRE: History PUBLISHING INFO: Princeton NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1968, UPC# (none), ISBN (none), 247pp, hard cover, approx 5.5" X 8.5", Cover Price $5.95 CONDITION: Used, overall good condition, good binding. The dust jacket is a little shopworn and has small tears. but the book itself is in very good condition. -----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- This would make a great gift! Shipping: (see SHIPPING AND PAYMENTS section below) Sales shipped to an Illinois address, please add 9.0% sales tax. Multiple purchases will be combined for the lowest possible shipping costs! Please click on ADD TO CART (not BUY IT NOW) when making multiple purchases. And you're welcome to add us to your favorites list! THANK YOU!
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Book Title: Greatness to Spare
Format: Hardcover
Author: T.R. Fehrenbach
Publication Year: 1968
Language: English
