| Button Gwinnett Contributor(s): Sharp, Colin Gwinnett (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911175009 ISBN-13: 9781911175001 Publisher: Youcaxton Publications OUR PRICE: $11.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | North American - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016387676 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.44 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Button Gwinnett was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. His short-lived but meteroic political career has invited much conjecture but the lack of any obvious legacy has since condemned him to semi-oblivion - apart from his signature which is now the most sought after in the United States. This book fills a gap in our knowledge. It tells the story of Gwinnett's life in gripping detail: from 1762 and his arrival in America as a bankrupt Englishman, to Founding Father in 1776, and finally to his death in a duel the following year. It examines how he rose by dubious means to become one of the largest landowners in the State of Georgia and leader of the Popular Party, and it lays out the complex steps by means of which, in 1776, he placed his signature on the Declaration of Independence and became successively Speaker, Commander-in-Chief and President of Georgia - before an untimely death in an unnecessary duel. |