King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father -- Brooke Barbier, Hardcover

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King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father -- Brooke Barbier, HardcoverA rollicking portrait of the paradoxical patriot, whose measured pragmatism helped make American independence a reality. Americans are surprisingly more familiar with his famous signature than with the man himself. In this spirited account of John Hancock's life, Brooke Barbier depicts a patriot of fascinating contradictions a child of enormous privilege who would nevertheless become a voice of the common folk; a pillar of society uncomfortable with

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