{"product_id":"9781567926620","title":"In the Founders' Footsteps","description":"Author: Adam Van Doren\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781567926620\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: David R. Godine Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Jul 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifullyalive.\"-\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from The Society of Colonial Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tour through the original thirteen colonies in search of historical sites and their stories in America's founding. Obscure, well-known, off-the-beaten path, and on busy city streets, here are taverns, meeting houses, battlefields, forts, monuments, homes which all combine to define our country-the places where daring people forged a revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is always something new to be found in America's past that also brings greater clarity to our present and the future we choose to make as a nation. Author-artist Adam Van Doren traveled from Maine to Georgia in that spirit. There are thirty-seven landmarks included, with fifteen additional locations noted in brief. From the Bunker Hill monument in Massachusetts to the Camden Battlefield Site in South Carolina, this is a tour of an American cultural landscape with a curious, perceptive, and insightful guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader steps inside cabins at Valley Forge where nearly two thousand soldiers perished during a cruel winter, meets the chef at Philadelphia's City Tavern where the menu is based on 18th century fare, seeks out the Swamp Fox in Georgia, visits the homes of Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, the Joseph Webb House on the Connecticut River where French general Rochambeau made plans with Washington, and much more. An unvarnished view, we also see Philipsburg Manor, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where Blacks were once held as slaves to work in the Hudson River Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   For armchair travelers and anyone fascinated by Americana, Van Doren (\u003ci\u003eThe House Tells the Story: Homes of the American Presidents\u003c\/i\u003e) has created an unforgettable journey through history. We see the Founders-both their stunning achievements and chilling moral failures-where they lived, fought, and agreed on a common purpose, to create a nation whose future-and legacy-is continually evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830042546334,"sku":"ADS-9781567926620","price":62.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781567926620.jpg?v=1778558924","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781567926620","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}