Title |
George Mason, forgotten founder
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Names |
Broadwater, Jeff.
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Book Number |
BR016942
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Volume 3.
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Volume 4.
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Annotation |
Biography of landowner, lawmaker, and influential member of the Virginia gentry, George Mason (1725-1792). Emphasizes Mason's authorship of Virginia's Declaration of Rights and the state's constitution. Explains his opposition to ratifying the U.S. Constitution because of the absence of a Bill of Rights. 2006.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Long Book - LO
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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Biography - Political, U.S - BIPU
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History - HST
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History, U.S. - 18th Century - HUE
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Braille Book Review, Jul-Aug 2008 - B408
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Audience Notes |
A
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LC Subject |
Statesmen - United States - Biography
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Politicians - Virginia - Biography
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Constitutional history - United States
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United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
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United States - History - Confederation, 1783-1789
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Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Virginia - History - 1775-1865
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Call Number |
973.3092 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2006
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2006 (National Braille Press, transcribing agency. National Braille Press, distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Reproduction of: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
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