Kidd, Thomas S.

Patrick Henry : first among patriots / Thomas S. Kidd. - New York : Basic Books, c2011. - xiii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick 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.

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.


United States. Continental Congress --Biography.


Legislators--United States--Biography.


Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

E302.6.H5 / K53 2011

973.3092