499 Facts about Hip-Hop Hamilton and the Rest of America's Founding Fathers by Stephen Spignesi

499 Facts about Hip-Hop Hamilton and the Rest of America's Founding Fathers by Stephen Spignesi

If you love Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, or the books of Ron Chernow and David McCullough, then dig into these facts about Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and the rest of the founding fathers.

America has fallen in love again with Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers again. Here is a popping fresh collection of little-known facts and surprising trivia surrounding the American Revolution and our forefathers – from those you’d expect (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Hamilton, of course) to those you may never have heard of, but you probably should have (who the heck was Rufus King?):

Alexander Hamilton was born on foreign soil and became an American hero - the founder of the U.S. Mint and the U.S. Coast Guard. The naval communication book he wrote was still being used by the US Navy and Coast Guard through the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Roger Sherman (of Connecticut) was one of only two Founding Fathers who signed the three bulwark documents of our republic: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the Confederation, and the Constitution. (Give props to this guy.)

By the time he was thirty, George Washington had had smallpox, pleurisy, dysentery, and malaria.

Even if they weren’t in “The Room Where It Happens,” Readers will be left with a greater appreciation and deeper respect for these human beings who were just trying to accomplish the incredible: create the greatest nation in history.

Stephen Spignesi is the author of more than 50 titles on the subject of history and pop culture, including The USA Book of Lists; George Washington's Leadership Lessons; What's Your Red, White, and Blue IQ?; and The Titanic For Dummies. He teaches English at the University of New Haven (CT). The author resides in East Haven, Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9781510712126
ISBN 10	1510712127
Title	499 Facts about Hip-Hop Hamilton and the Rest of America's Founding Fathers
Author	Stephen Spignesi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Skyhorse Publishing
Year published	2016-11-10
Number of pages	288
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