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Using the unique approach that he has employed in his previous books, author, columnist, and television commentator James Burke shows us our connections to the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Over the two hundred-plus years that separate us, these connections are often surprising and always fascinating. Burke turns the signers from historical icons into flesh-and-blood people: Some were shady financial manipulators, most were masterful political operators, a few were good human beings, and some were great men. The network that links them to us is also peopled by all sorts, from spies and assassins to lovers and adulterers, inventors and artists. The ties may be more direct for some of us than others, but we are all linked in some way to these founders of our nation. If you enjoyed Martin Sheen as the president on television's The West Wing, then you're connected to founder Josiah Bartlett. The connection from signer Bartlett to Sheen includes John Paul Jones; Judge William Cooper, father of James Fenimore; Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor of New South Wales; an incestuous astronomer; an itinerant math teacher; early inventors of television; and pioneering TV personality Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, the inspiration for Ramon Estevez's screen name, Martin Sheen.

American Connections

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  • Author : James Burke
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Genre : History
  • Total Pages : 563 pages
  • ISBN : 0743298713
  • PDF File Size : 13,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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American Connections

American Connections
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • File Size : 38,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 03 July 2007
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Using the unique approach that he has employed in his previous books, author, columnist, and television commentator James Burke shows us our connections to the fifty-six men who signed the

Anglo-American Connections in Japanese Chemistry

Anglo-American Connections in Japanese Chemistry
  • Publisher : Springer
  • File Size : 40,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 18 December 2013
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Anglo-Japanese and American-Japanese connections in chemistry had a major impact on the institutionalization of scientific and technological higher education in Japan from the late nineteenth century and onwards. They helped

The Iberian-latin American Connection

The Iberian-latin American Connection
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 25,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 11 July 2019
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This book is especially timely as Latin America is diversifying its international connections, Spain and Portugal are seeking to expand their interests and presence in Latin America, and U.S.

The Israeli-American Connection

The Israeli-American Connection
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • File Size : 42,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 05 February 2018
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The Israeli-American Connection examines the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major leaders of the yishuv, the Jewish settlement in Palestine, during and between the world

The Anglo-American Connection in the Early Nineteenth Century

The Anglo-American Connection in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • File Size : 25,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 November 2017
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished

American Connections

American Connections
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 29,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 03 July 2007
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Identifies lesser-known coincidences linking each of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence and modern-day America, tracing how historical events and people gave rise to today's technologies.

Mapping South-South Connections

Mapping South-South Connections
  • Publisher : Springer
  • File Size : 27,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 March 2019
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This book explores contemporary cultural, historical and geopolitical connections between Latin America and Australia from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to capitalise on scholarly developments and further unsettle the multiple

Autism and the God Connection

Autism and the God Connection
  • Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • File Size : 35,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 April 2006
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Everyone who seeks a more compassionate and wise life will benefit from this wonderful, insightful, and beautiful book. It is a very short step from understanding autism and the God

Culture of Health in Practice

Culture of Health in Practice
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
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  • Release Date : 03 March 2020
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Weaving together research findings and narratives, Culture of Health in Practice: Innovations in Research, Community Engagement, and Action explores the many opportunities we have as a society to advance a