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![1817 painting by John Trumbull [1756-1843] of the five-man drafting committee's presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress in June 1776](images/signDeclIndep-Trumbull1817.jpg "1817 painting by John Trumbull [1756-1843] of the five-man drafting committee's presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress in June 1776") | Pioneers
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Pioneers
Col. Daniel Boone [1734-1820] was a mountain man
entry at Wikipedia
browse books about Daniel Boone
William Penn [1644-1718]
Quaker founder of the Pennsylvania Colony
entry at Wikipedia
Roger Williams [1603-84] of Rhode Island
entry at Wikipedia
Roger Williams Family Assn. [est. 1886; incorp. 1906]
 | "Roger Williams and The Creation of The American Soul: Church, State, and The Birth of Liberty" [2012] by John M. Barry Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [1/2012] for $9.99 Penguin Books 8¼x5½ pb [12/2012] for $12.24 Viking Adult 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2012] for $21.78 |
John Winthrop [1587-1649]
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
entry at Wikipedia
Winthrop Society [est. 1995]
Thinkers
Wm. Blackstone [1723-80]
entry at Wikipedia
David Hume [1711-1776]
entry at Wikipedia
Hume Scoiety [est. 1974]
"Hume: A Very Short Introduction" [] by Alfred Jules Ayer 9780192854063
John Locke [1632-1704]
browse books •
online works •
I.E.P. pages •
Wikipedia
book "John Locke: Political Writings" [1993]
http://www.amazon.com/Locke-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0192803948/
"Works of John Locke" for Kindle [2008]
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [6/2008] for $2.39
 | "Locke in 90 Minutes" [1999] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/99] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 hardcover [11/99] for $14.95 |
 | "Locke: Political Essays" [1997] Edited by Mark Goldie Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/97] for $24.99 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used |
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"John Locke: Political Writings" [1993] Edited by David Wootton includes "Second Treatise of Government" [c. 1681] & "A Letter Concerning Toleration" [1685] Hackett Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2003] for $12.95 Hackett Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2003] for $39.95 |
Montesquieu [1689-1755]
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy •
Wikipedia
Plutarch [46-127 C.E.]
Wikipedia
Adam Smith [1723-90] Page
at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore
Revolutionaries
John Adams [1735-1826]
Samuel Adams [1722-1803]
Aaron Burr [1756-1836]
Born in New Jersey; U.S. Senator 1791-97; lost the 1800 presidential election to Thomas Jefferson and became
his Vice President 1801–05; challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel - Hamilton died of his wounds the next day (1804);
acquitted of treason in 1807; self-exiled to Europe, then practiced law in New York until his death at age 80.
The Aaron Burr Assn. [est. 1946]
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"Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr" [2007] by Nancy Isenberg Penguin pb [4/2008] for $11.56 Viking 9½x6 hardcover [5/2007] for $15.41 |
 | "Burr: A Novel" [1973] by Gore Vidal [1925-2012]
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [5/2000] for $10.85 Ballantine Books mass pb [5/96] out of print/many used Tandem Library 8½x5¼ hardcover [2/2000] for $26.20 |
Ben Franklin [1706-90]
browse books • Electric Franklin •
Wikipedia
Benjamin Franklin Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
 | Franklin: "Silence Dogood", "The Busy-Body" & Early Writings [2005] Edited by J.A. Leo Lemay Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $19.80 includes the complete "Silence Dogood" essay series [1722], the famous "Busy-Body" essays [1728–29], and letters & other writings [1726-1775] Franklin: "Autobiography", "Poor Richard" & Later Writings [2005] Edited by J.A. Leo Lemay Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $21.90 includes Franklin's "Autobiography" [1791; full ms 1868], "Poor Richard" [1733-1758], and later letters & other writings [1757-1790] |
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"Benjamin Franklin" biography [2002] by Edmund S. Morgan Yale Univ Press 7½x5 pb [9/2003] for $12.00 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $20.44 |
Nathan Hale [1755-76]
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Alexander Hamilton [1757-1804] Page
 | Alexander Hamilton: Writings [2001] Edited by Joanne B. Freeman Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.40 170 letters, speeches, essays, reports & memoranda written between 1769 and 1804, including all 51 of Hamilton's contributions to The Federalist |
Patrick Henry [1736-99]
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] Page
Thomas Jefferson Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
Capt. John Paul Jones [1747-92]
masked rebel leader 'Joyce Jr.'
Marquis de La Fayette [1757-1834]
{real name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}
encyclopedia.com •
Wikipedia
 | "Lafayette" biography [2002] by Harlow Giles Unger Wiley & Sons 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $13.57 Wiley & Sons 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2002] for $32.00 |
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
James Madison [1751-1836]
George Mason [1725–92]
Gouverneur Morris [1752–1816]
Robert Morris [1734–1806]
financier & signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation & the United States Constitution
 | "Robert Morris: Financier of The American Revolution" [2010] by Charles Rappleye Simon & Schuster 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2010] for $19.20 |
Thomas Paine [1737-1809]
wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1776 and the book "The Rights of Man" in 1791
Thomas Paine entry at Wikipedia
Thomas Paine Society in Pasadena, CA
Thomas Paine Institute [est. 2004]
Thomas Paine National Historical Assn. [est. 1884] in New Rochelle, NY
online complete works of Thomas Paine [1945 edition]
listed #19 on Atlantic Monthly's "100 Most Influential Americans" (12/2006)
 | Thomas Paine: Collected Writings [1995] Edited by Eric Foner Kindle Edition from Library of America [9/2012] for $19.25 Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/95] for $23.02 includes "Common Sense" [1776], "The Crisis" [1776], "Rights of Man" [1791], "The Age of Reason" [1794-1807], and Pamphlets, Articles & Letters |
 | "Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography" [2007] by Christopher Hitchens Atlantic Monthly Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $13.57 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [9/2007] for $16.49 |
 | "Thomas Paine Ultimate Collection: All Works, plus Letters & Rarities, plus A Biography" for Kindle [2011] Edited by Darryl Marks Kindle Edition from Everlasting Flames Publng [8/2011] for 99˘ {sic} includes "Common Sense" [1776], "The American Crisis" [1776], "The Rights of Man" Parts 1 & 2 [1791], "The Age of Reason" Parts 1 & 2 [1794-1807], Historical Notes & Documents Section, and a short biography by editor Marks |
 | "The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and The Birth of Right and Left" [2013] by Yuval Levin Kindle Edition from Basic Books [12/2013] for $14.99 Basic Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2013] for $20.40 |
Paul Revere [1735?-1818]
Haym Solomon [1740–85]
entry at Wikipedia
Dr. Joseph Warren [1741-1775]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren
great new bio by Mensan Dr. Samuel A. Forman
George Washington [1732-99]: browse books
 | George Washington: Writings [1997] Edited by John Rhodehamel Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [2/97] for $32.00 |
The Inheritors
John C. Calhoun [1782-1850]
Henry Clay, Sr. [1777-1852]
Alexis de Tocqueville [1805-59]
Chief Justice of the United States John Jay [1745-1829]
Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall [1755-1835]
Daniel Webster [1782-1852]
Founding Documents
'The American Crisis' Papers [1776-83]
Declaration of Independence 4 July 1776 11"x17" sepia poster from Amazon for $4.99 18"x24" parchment poster from Amazon for $14.95 |
U.S Constitution 17 September 1787 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $28.95 18"x24" parchment poster from Amazon for $14.95 |
U.S Bill of Rights approved 25 September 1789; ratified 15 December 1791 14"x16" poster from Amazon for $12.00 18"x24" parchment poster from Amazon for $14.95 |
Declaration of Independence entry at Wikipedia
Declaration of Independence entry at National Archives website
Sen. John Kennedy read the Declaration of Independence to New York City by radio at 9:05am on July 4th, 1957
listen to audio recording [1/2015 upload; 10:34] at YouTube
U.S. Constitution entry at Wikipedia
U.S. Constitution entry at National Archives website
Bill of Rights entry at Wikipedia
Bill of Rights entry at National Archives website
Working Minds / Activism / U.S. Constitution [1787-2010]
Working Minds / Activism / First Amendment
Working Minds / Activism / Second Amendment
 | "The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide To The Constitution" [2003] by Linda R. Monk Hyperion pb [2/2004] for $10.17 Hyperion 9¼x7¾ hardcover [2/2003] for $16.29 author's website |
 | "America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005] by Akhil Reed Amar Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $19.77 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "The Heritage Guide To The Constitution" [2005] by Edwin Meese III, Matthew Spalding & David F. Forte Kindle Edition from Regnery [2005 edition] for $18.75 Regnery 10x7½ hardcover [11/2005] for $22.05 |
 | "Why The Constitution Matters" [2010] by Mark Tushnet {law professor at Harvard University} Yale Univ Press 7¾x5½ pb [5/2010] for $15.56 |
Non-Fiction Books
browse U.S. History › Revolution & Founding books catalog at Amazon
Library of America's Founding Fathers Set (12 volumes — plus a FREE book)
complete set directly from Library of America for $300 {save $140 over retail}
the set/offer is not listed on Amazon {8/2012} / the baker's dozen books are:
"The Debate On The Constitution" in two volumes
"John Adams: Revolutionary Writings" in two volumes
"Benjamin Franklin" in two volumes
"Alexander Hamilton: Writings" • "Thomas Jefferson: Writings"
"James Madison: Writings" • "John Marshall: Writings"
"Thomas Paine: Collected Writings" • "George Washington: Writings"
and the FREE book "The American Revolution: Writings From The War of Independence"
 | "Shakespeare and The Founders of Liberty In America" [1917 classic] by Charles Mills Gayley [1858-1932], professor at U.C. Berkeley TheClassics.US 9½x7¼ pb [9/2013] for $8.16 BiblioLife 9x6 hardcover [11/2008] for $21.24 |
 | "The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Richard Hofstadter Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [4/89] for $9.72 A.C.L.S. 9x6 hardcover [12/99] for $45.00 2006 Hofstadter bio by David S. Brown |
 | "Encyclopedia of The American Revolution" [1966] by Mark M. Boatner III Stackpole 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/94] out of print/used |
 | "Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of The Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787" [1966 classic] by Catherine Drinker Bowen Back Bay Books pb [9/86] for $11.53 Little, Brown 8½x6 hardcover [9/86] out of print/used |
 | "The Ideological Origins of The American Revolution: Enlarged Edition" [1967 classic] by Bernard Bailyn "a classic of American historical literature"; winner of Pulitzer & Bancroft Prizes Belknap Press 8x5½ pb [3/92] for $20.95 Belknap Press hardcover [12/67] out of print/used |
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"A History of The American Revolution" [1969] by John R. Alden Da Capo Press 9x6 pb [9/89] for $21.00 Random House hardcover [2/69] out of print/used |
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"The Creation of The American Republic, 1776-1787" [1969 classic] by Gordon S. Wood "One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution." — The New York Times Book Review Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [4/98] for $20.85 Univ NC Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $43.16 |
 | "Capitalism and A New Social Order: The Republican Vision of The 1790s" [1984] by Joyce Appleby, as delivered at the Anson G. Phelps Lectureship on Early American History at New York University New York Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [8/94] for $16.92 New York Univ Press hardcover [1984] out of print/used |
 | "Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of The Constitution" [1985] by Forrest McDonald Univ Press of KS 8½x5½ pb [11/86] for $14.95 Univ Press of KS 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/85] out of print/used |
 | "A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution" [ages 4-8; 1987] by Betsy & Giulio Maestro HarperTrophy 11x9 pb [10/90] for $7.99 Sagebrush 11¼x9 hardcover [10/99] for $15.80 HarperCollins 11¼x9½ hardcover [8/87] for $17.88 |
 | "The Debate On The Constitution: Federalist & Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles & Letters During The Struggle Over Ratification" [1993] Edited by Bernard Bailyn
Part One: September 1787 - February 1788 Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [6/93] for $23.10 Part Two: January to August 1788 Library of America 8x5 hardcover [6/93] for $23.10 |
 | "Original Meanings: Politics & Ideas In The Making of The Constitution" [1996] by Jack N. Rakove — book won the Pulitzer Prize for History Kindle Edition from Knopf Group E-Books [4/2010] for $13.99 Vintage 8x5 pb [5/97] for $12.13 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [3/96] out of print/many used |
 | "American Scripture: Making The Declaration of Independence" [1997] by Pauline Maier Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [2/2012] for $12.99 Vintage Books 8x5¼ pb [5/98] for $12.66 Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/97] out of print/120+ used |
 | "The Bill of Rights: Creation & Reconstruction" [1998] by Akhil Reed Amar Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2000] for $12.89 Yale Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/98] for $49.49 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "Colonial Women: 23 Europeans Who Helped Build A Nation" [1999] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [7/99] for $29.95 "More Colonial Women: 25 Pioneers of Early America" [2004] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [5/2004] for $29.95 |
 | "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" [2000] by Joseph J. Ellis - won the Pulitzer Prize for History Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2002] for $10.17 Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2000] for $18.15 |
 | "The American Revolution: Writings From The War of Independence" [2001] Edited by John Rhodehamel, Curator of Early American Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California Library of America 11¾x5¼ hardcover [3/2001] for $26.40 includes 120 pieces by more than 70 English-speaking participants, and a chronology of events |
 | "The Revolution of 1800: Democracy, Race, and The New Republic" [2002] Edited by James J. Horn, Jan Ellen Lewis & Peter S. Onuf Univ Virginia Press 9x6¼ pb [12/2002] for $22.05 Univ Virginia Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2002] for $54.89 |
 | "The Founding Fathers and The Place of Religion In America" [2003] by Frank Lambert Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $32.95 see below for History Channel mini-series [2002] |
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"Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson" [2003] by Gore Vidal [1925-2012] Yale Univ Press 8x5 pb [8/2004] for $11.20 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [11/2003] for $22.00 |
 | "The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of 2,500 Wise & Witty Quotations From The Men & Women Who Created America" [2004] Edited by Buckner F. Melton, Jr. Brassey's 9¼x6.3 hardcover [4/2004] for $35.00 |
 | ”History of The American Revolution” [orig 1958; rev 2004] Narrative by Bruce Lancaster, Foreword by Thomas Fleming American Heritage/ibooks 11x8½ hardcover[7/2004] for $22.76 ”The American Revolution” [1965] by Bruce Lancaster & J. H. Plumb American Heritage 8¼x5½ pb [6/85] out of print/many used American Heritage/Macmillan hardcover [7/75] out of print/used American Heritage/Dell mass pb [6/65] out of print/used ”The American Heritage Book of The Revolution” [1958] Richard M. Ketchum, Editor in Charge American Heritage hardcover [1/58] out of print/used American Heritage hardcover [1/58] out of print/used |
 | "The Separation of Church and State: Writings On A Fundamental Freedom By America's Founders" [2004] Edited by Forrest Church Beacon Press 7¼x4½ hardcover [8/2004] for $10.88 |
 | "The Founders On Religion: A Book of Quotations" [2005] by James H. Hutson Princeton Univ Press pb [10/2007] for $10.17 Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2005] for $15.56 |
 | "1776" [2005] by David McCullough
S&S 9¼x6 pb [6/2006] for $12.24 S&S hardcover [5/2005] for $21.12 |
 | "Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different" [2006] New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winner Gordon S. Wood Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [5/2007] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/2006] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers" [2006] by Brooke Allen Ivan R. Dee pb [10/2007] for $14.95 Ivan R. Dee 8½x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $15.72 |
 | "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented The Constitution" [2007] by David O. Stewart Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2007 edition] for $10.38 Simon & Schuster 9x6¼ pb [5/2008] for $12.65 Simon & Schuster deckle-edge 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2007] out of print/90+ used |
 | "Almost A Miracle: The American Victory In The War of Independence" [2007] by John Ferling Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [6/2007] for $19.77 |
 | "American Creation: Triumphs & Tragedies At The Founding of The Republic" [2007] by Joseph J. Ellis Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [10/2007] for $16.17 |
 | "1776: The Illustrated Edition" [2007] by David McCullough S&S 12½x9¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $39.00 |
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"The Essential Wisdom of The Founding Fathers" [2009] Edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi over 300 quotations in 126 pages Kindle Edition from Sterling/Fall River Press [8/2011] for $2.99 Sterling/Fall River Press 2nd edition hardcover [rev 10/2018] out of print/used Sterling/Fall River Press hardcover [2009] for $16.99 |
 | "Independence: The Struggle To Set America Free" [2011] by John Ferling Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury Press [6/2011] for $3.03 {sic} Bloomsbury Press 9x6¼ pb [5/2012] for $14.48 Bloomsbury Press 9¼x6¾ hardcover [6/2011] for $23.51 |
 | "1775: A Good Year For Revolution" [2012] by Kevin Phillips Author documents his thesis that the 'long year' of 1775 – from late 1774 to early 1776 – was the most significant year of the American Revolution, rather than the widely-taught 1776. Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [11/2012] for $19.99 Penguin Books pb [9/2013] for $16.20 Viking Adult 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2012] for $23.78 |
 | "Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence" [2013] by Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph J. Ellis Kindle Edition from Random House/Knopf [6/2013] for $12.99 Knopf 9½x6½ deckle-edge hardcover [6/2013] for $14.66 |
 | "The Founding Conservatives: How A Group of Unsung Heroes Saved The American Revolution" [2013] by David Lefer
Kindle Edition from Sentinel/Penguin [6/2013] for $12.74 Sentinel 9x6 hardcover [6/2013] for $20.46 |
 | "Inventing A Christian America: The Myth of The Religious Founding" [2015] by Steven K. Green Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [6/2015] for $24.49 {sic} Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2015] for $25.88 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [7/2015] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press hardcover [7/2015] out of print/used |
http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Assault-Constitution-Erwin-Chemerinsky/dp/1416574689/
http://www.amazon.com/Ideological-Origins-American-Federalism/dp/0674048865/
http://www.amazon.com/Inheriting-Revolution-First-Generation-Americans/dp/0674006631/
http://www.amazon.com/Plain-Honest-Men-American-Constitution/dp/0812976843/
http://www.amazon.com/Revolutionaries-New-History-Invention-America/dp/0618267468/
"American Patriots and The Rituals of Revolution" [Harvard Press 1981] by Peter Shaw
"As If An Enemy's Country" by Richard Archer
"American Insurgents, American Patriots" by THBreen
"Defiance of The Patriots" by Carp
"Founding Gardeners" [] by Andrea Wulf
Fiction Books
 | "Tempus Fugit: A Novel" [2005] by Lawrence Lee Rowe, Jr. "Some men would be great in any time" Forefathers George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson appear in modern times and are forced to adapt the principles of their time to airplanes, Constitutional amendments, World Wars, the Kennedy assassination, Jerry Springer, emancipated Afro-Americans, and the internet. M.D.R. Press 8½x5½ hardcover [12/2005] for $19.95 |
 | "Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of The American Revolution" [2008] by Jerome Charyn W.W. Norton hardcover [2/2008] for $17.13 |
 | "The Politically Incorrect Guide To The Founding Fathers" [6/2009] by Brion McClanahan, PhD More accurate title for this Regnery series is 'Incorrect Guide'; contains right-wing propaganda with no relation to reality – you should not buy or read this garbage, which is truly fiction. |
Movies & Documentaries
 | "1 7 7 6" musical feature [Columbia Nov 1972] A musical version of the meetings in Philadelphia prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Directed by Peter H. Hunt; based on the Broadway musical by Sherman Edwards & Peter Stone; starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard & Blythe Danner Col/TriStar color DVD [7/2002] for $22.46 Col/TriStar color VHS [4/91] for $17.99 Col/TriStar color VHS [8/98] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Independence" [National Park Service July 1976]
28-minute color film made for the U.S. Bicentennial celebration, covering the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, and the inauguration of President John Adams; the film is shown daily at Independence Park in Philadelphia Directed by John Huston; narrated by E.G. Marshall; starring William Atherton, John Favorite, Pat Hingle {as John Adams}, Ken Howard {as Tom Jefferson}, Anne Jackson {as Abigail Adams}, Donald Moore, Scott Mulhern {as Alexander Hamilton}, Patrick O'Neal {as George Washington}, John Randolph {as Samuel Adams}, Paul Sparer {as John Hancock}, Tom Spratley, Donald Symington, James Tolkan {as Tom Paine} & Eli Wallach {as Ben Franklin} DVD not available • National Park Service color VHS [undated] for $39.82 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The American Revolution" [History Channel mini-series Nov 1994] Directed by Lisa Bourgoujian; narration by Charles Durning, Michael Learned, Rick Schroder & Cliff Robertson A&E Home Video color DVD [4/2005] 3 sdisks for $71.99 A&E Home Video color VHS [4/97] 6 tapes out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "Liberty! The American Revolution" [P.B.S. mini-series Nov 1997] Co-produced & co-directed by Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer; hosted by Forrest Sawyer, narration by Edward Herrmann P.B.S./Paramount color DVD [6/2004] 3 disks for $44.99 P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [6/98] 6 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "Founding Fathers: Men Who Shaped Our Nation & Changed Our World" mini-series [History Channel 2000] Co-directed by Mark Hufnail; co-written & co-directed by Melissa Jo Peltier; co-written by Max M. Fletcher; narration by Edward Herrmann A&E Home Video color DVD [1/2001] 2 disks for $34.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Founding Brothers" [indep May 2002] Co-produced & written by Kelly McPherson, based on the Joseph Ellis book {above}; narration by Edward Herrmann A&E Home Video color DVD [7/2002] 2 disks for $34.99 A&E Home Video color VHS [7/2002] 4 tapes for $37.95 full credits from IMDb |
 | "History Channel Presents: The Revolution" [2006] "A 13-part series showcasing the personal stories behind America's fight for independence"; the DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette A&E Home Video color DVD set [12/2006] 4 disks for $28.99 not listed at IMDb (2008) official History Channel series site |
L i n k s
Spirit of America’s U.S. History Timeline - 1491-1800
Spirit of America’s U.S. Presidents Pages
Founding Fathers entry at Wikipedia
Archiving Early America website
National Society of The Sons of The American Revolution [est. 1876]
Daughters of The American Revolution [est. 1890]
Revolutionary Wars Section
of Magic Lantern's War (and Anti-War) Film Festival
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