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 (pages 156-158) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsfacsimilesillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1070L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The signers

Nature of contents

indexesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.7, 3, 63725

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

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

Target audience

juvenile

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Fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence56 stories behind the Declaration of Independence

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