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Patrick Henry
- Champion of Liberty
- De: Jon Kukla
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 17 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Born in 1736, Patrick Henry was an attorney and a planter and an outstanding orator in the movement for independence. A contemporary of Washington, Henry stood with John and Samuel Adams among the leaders of the colonial resistance to Great Britain that ultimately created the United States. The first governor of Virginia after independence, he was reelected several times. After declining to attend the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Henry opposed the Constitution, arguing that it granted too much power to the central government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Long awaited biography of Patrick Henry
- De GallowsJudge en 11-18-17
- Patrick Henry
- Champion of Liberty
- De: Jon Kukla
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
Fresh look at critical issues
Revisado: 09-28-17
More than a biography of Patrick Henry, this book intertwines his life with the forming of the country, highlighting areas of interest that I have not looked at from the point of view of a Southern slave owner and resident of Virginia which at that time had a claim to lands as distant as present Wisconsin. The author does an admiral job of presenting the states rights perspective and contrasting it with the Federalists. In addition it attempts to illuminate Henry's admittedly inadequate justification for continuing slavery while recognizing its inherent wrongness. Although it seems to a non historian to be at times overly detailed in a somewhat academic style the detail serves to give a feel of completeness to the work.
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