Signing their lives away : the fame and misfortune of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence /

Kiernan, Denise.

Signing their lives away : the fame and misfortune of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence / by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese. - Philadelphia : Quirk Books, 2009. - 255 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-251) and index.

Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.

1594743304 : HRD $19.95 9781594743306

Chronicle Books Llc, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 3 Center Plaza, Boston, MA, USA, 02108 SAN 200-2205

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United States. Declaration of Independence --Signers--Biography.


Legislators--United States--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.


United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

E302.5 / .K54 2009

973.3/0922