Description: Award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the life of Patrick Henry, a colorful, bold, brilliant and complex man who rose from Virginias backwoods to become one of the most important of the Founding Fathers and the steadfast champion of individual and states rights.
Brief description:
Harlow Giles Unger, a former distinguished visiting fellow in American history at George Washington's Mount Vernon, is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of more than twenty books, including several biographies of the Founding Fathers. He has also authored histories of the early Republic as well as numerous books on American education. He lives in New York.
Review Quotes:
"With quotes from Henry's vivid oratory, Unger traces his rise in Virginia society before the Revolution. Though not quite a rags-to-riches tale--his folks were well-established lawyers and clergymen--Lion of Liberty tells entertainingly of how a homespun-clad upcountryman with an odd accent fitted into a British-trained, plantation-owning aristocracy of velvet jackets and white neckcloths."
-- "Associated Press"