{"product_id":"forgotten-founders-black-patriots-women-soldiers-and-other-thinkers-and-heroes-who-shaped-early-america","title":"Forgotten Founders: Black Patriots, Women Soldiers, and Other Thinkers and Heroes Who Shaped Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[T]he cause is just, and readers will come away with a firmer understanding that, as the introduction has it, the story of this country's founding is 'everyone's story.'\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will delight visual learners, history lovers, and trivia enthusiasts. It would also validate the diversity of the United States's heroes, encourage critical thinking, and inspire further research. A solid addition to any library or classroom.\"--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe founding of America was not accomplished by a handful of people; it required the heart, soul, and grit of an entire nation. Today, we rightfully honor the efforts of the Founding Fathers, but what about everyone else who sacrificed for the cause?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing \u003ci\u003eForgotten Founders\u003c\/i\u003e, the inspiring book of stories about the heroic women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and others who played pivotal roles in America's birth. Make no mistake: these were no historical footnotes. These were brave men and women without whom the war simply could never have been won and the new republic never begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will meet \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSybil Ludington, the sixteen-year-old girl who rode all night to warn of a British attack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy Hart: the indomitable woman who captured six Loyalist soldiers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuffee Wells Saunders, the talented physician who won his freedom and saved lives serving in the Continental Army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhyllis Wheatley, the gifted Black poet whose work was praised by Voltaire and George Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeborah Sampson, the colonial woman who dressed as a man to enlist in the Continental Army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Salem, the former slave who became the hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand many more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead, learn, and discover in beautiful new ways that America's origin story really is everybody's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1638190925\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781638190929\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Lowe, Mifflin, Luong, Wiliam\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bushel \u0026amp; Peck Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bushel \u0026 Peck Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Jun 2022)","offer_id":46099952632005,"sku":"9781638190929","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781638190929.jpg?v=1776646960","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/forgotten-founders-black-patriots-women-soldiers-and-other-thinkers-and-heroes-who-shaped-early-america","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}