Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots Stephanie Taylor At the end of each

At the end of each chapter

to capturing the essence of frontier life in the American West

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Wylie Dufresne

Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots Stephanie Taylor At the end of eachMost Americans know Patrick Henry as a fiery speaker whose pronouncement "Give me liberty or give me death!" rallied American defiance to the British Crown. But Henry's skills as an orator sharpened in the small towns and courtrooms of colonial Virginia are only one part of his vast, but largely forgotten, legacy. As historian Thomas S. Kidd shows, Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central