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the fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence
x, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
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.
Massachusetts: Samuel Adams -- John Hancock -- John Adams -- Robert Treat Paine -- Elbridge Gerry -- Virginia: Richard Henry Lee -- Francis Lightfoot Lee -- George Wythe -- Thomas Jefferson -- Thomas Nelson -- Carter Braxton -- Benjamin Harrison -- Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin -- Robert Morris -- Benjamin Rush -- George Clymer -- James Wilson -- John Morton -- George Ross -- George Taylor -- James Smith -- New Jersey: Richard Stockton -- Francis Hopkinson -- John Witherspoon -- John Hart -- Abraham Clark -- Delaware: Thomas McKean -- Caesar Rodney -- George Read -- Rhode Island: William Ellery -- Stephen Hopkins -- Connecticut: Oliver Wolcott -- Samuel Huntington -- William Williams -- Roger Sherman -- New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett -- William Whipple -- Matthew Thornton -- Maryland: Samuel Chase -- William Paca -- Thomas Stone -- Charles Carroll of Carrollton -- North Carolina: William Hooper -- John Penn -- Joseph Hewes -- South Carolina: Edward Rutledge -- Thomas Lynch, Jr.-- Thomas Heyward Jr.-- Arthur Middleton -- Georgia: Lyman Hall -- Button Gwinnett -- George Walton -- New York: Lewis Morris -- Philip Livingston -- Francis Lewis -- William Floyd -- Declaration of Independence.
Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and index.
Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2003.