American Connections: The Founding Fathers. Networked.Simon and Schuster, 03/07/2007 - 370 páginas Using the unique approach that he has employed in his previous books, author, columnist, and television commentator James Burke shows us our connections to the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Over the two hundred-plus years that separate us, these connections are often surprising and always fascinating. Burke turns the signers from historical icons into flesh-and-blood people: Some were shady financial manipulators, most were masterful political operators, a few were good human beings, and some were great men. The network that links them to us is also peopled by all sorts, from spies and assassins to lovers and adulterers, inventors and artists. The ties may be more direct for some of us than others, but we are all linked in some way to these founders of our nation. If you enjoyed Martin Sheen as the president on television's The West Wing, then you're connected to founder Josiah Bartlett. The connection from signer Bartlett to Sheen includes John Paul Jones; Judge William Cooper, father of James Fenimore; Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor of New South Wales; an incestuous astronomer; an itinerant math teacher; early inventors of television; and pioneering TV personality Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, the inspiration for Ramon Estevez's screen name, Martin Sheen. |
Índice
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37 | |
WILLIAM ELLERY RI | 43 |
GEORGE READ DE | 174 |
SAMUEL CHASE MD | 180 |
WILLIAM PACA MD | 185 |
THOMAS STONE MD | 191 |
CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON MD | 196 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON VA | 201 |
BENJAMIN HARRISON VA | 207 |
THOMAS NELSON VA | 212 |
ROGER SHERMAN CT | 48 |
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON CT | 54 |
WILLIAM WILLIAMS CT | 60 |
WILLIAM FLOYD NY | 66 |
PHILIP LIVINGSTON NY | 72 |
FRANCIS LEWIS NY | 78 |
LEWIS MORRIS NY | 83 |
RICHARD STOCKTON NJ | 88 |
JOHN WITHERSPOON NJ | 94 |
FRANCIS HOPKINSON NJ | 100 |
JOHN HART NJ | 106 |
ABRAHAM CLARK NJ | 112 |
ROBERT MORRIS PA | 117 |
BENJAMIN RUSH PA | 123 |
BEN FRANKLIN PA | 129 |
JOHN MORTON PA | 135 |
GEORGE CLYMER PA | 140 |
JAMES SMITH PA | 146 |
GEORGE Taylor PA | 152 |
JAMES WILSON PA | 157 |
GEORGE Ross PA | 162 |
CAESAR RODNEY DE | 168 |
FRANK LEE VA | 217 |
CARTER BRAXTON VA | 223 |
WILLIAM HOOPER NC | 229 |
JOSEPH HEWES NC | 235 |
JOHN PENN NC | 241 |
EDWARD RUTLEDGE SC | 247 |
THOMAS HEYWARD JR SC | 253 |
THOMAS LYNCH JR SC | 259 |
ARTHUR MIDDLETON SC | 265 |
BUTTON GWINNETT GA | 270 |
LYMAN HALL GA | 276 |
GEORGE WALTON GA | 282 |
GEORGE Wythe VA | 289 |
ELBRIDGE GERRY MA | 294 |
RICHARD HENRY LEE VA | 300 |
OLIVER WOLCOTT CT | 306 |
MATTHEW THORNTON MA | 312 |
THOMAS MCKEAN DE | 317 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 323 |
INDEX | 335 |
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