Place_Pub: New York: Scott Limited Editions, Inc., 1975. 28 cm, 55, wraps, illus. (some color), selected bibliography, top corner front cover torn off, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 13th Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 590, [6] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Includes Cast of Characters, Chronology, Currency Conversions, Sources and Abbreviations, Notes, and Index. Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American analyst, author, journalist, historian, and professor. Positions that he's held include serving as the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute as well as the chairperson and CEO of CNN and as the managing editor of Time. His writings have appeared in multiple publications such as the New Orleans Times-Picayune and The Sunday Times. After working for multiple years as a journalist, he branched out into authorship and co-wrote with Evan Thomas the work The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Over the years, he's written multiple biographical works including Steve Jobs, American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and Kissinger: A Biography. More

New York, N.Y. Simon and Schuster, 2003. 25th Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [12], 590, [6] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Signed by the author on the title page. Includes Epilogue; Conclusions; Cast of Characters; Chronology; Currency Conversions; Acknowledgments; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; and Index. Also includes chapters on Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America; Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723; Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726; Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732; Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748; Scientist and Inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751; Politician; Philadelphia, 1749-1756; Troubled Waters: London, 1757-1762; Home Leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764; Agent Provocateur: London, 1765-1770; Rebel: London, 1771-1775; Independence; Philadelphia, 1775-1776; Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778; Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785; Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785; Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790. The most interesting thing that Benjamin Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was, in his life and in his writings, consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. More

New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint edition, First Greenwood reprinting [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 534, [4] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. No DJ present. Minor edge soiling. James Alton James (September 17, 1864 – February 12, 1962) was an American educator and historian. James was born on September 17, 1864, in Jefferson, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated as valedictorian with an LL.B. in 1888. He received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. He was superintendent of schools in Darlington, Wisconsin, 1888–90; professor of history in Cornell College, Iowa, 1893–97. He became a professor of history at Northwestern University in 1897, becoming professor emeritus in 1935. He was head of the history department for over two decades, and was the chairman of the graduate student work at the university 1917–1931. He was a member of several educational and historical societies. George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American military officer and surveyor from Virginia who became the highest-ranking Patriot military officer on the northwestern frontier during the Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Virginia militia in Kentucky (then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war. He is best known for his captures of Kaskaskia in 1778 and Vincennes in 1779 during the Illinois campaign, which weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory (then part of the British Province of Quebec) and earned Clark the nickname of "Conqueror of the Old Northwest". The British ceded the Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Federal Edition, Number 269 of 1000 signed and numbered. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 502 p. Volume II ONLY. Includes Jefferson's Itinerary and Chronology during the period. Frontis. Facsimile (fold-out). Footnotes. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1985. Reprint Edition. 507, wraps, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index. More

London: PRM Publishers Limited, 1963. First Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 92, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, some wear and soiling to DJ, edges somewhat soiled, some page discoloration. More

n.p. Eastern Nat Park & Monuments, 1958. Reprint Edition. 206, illus., maps, footnotes, appendix, index, ink name inside front flyleaf, DJ somewhat soiled and scuffed: small tears. More

n.p. Eastern Nat Park & Monuments, 1958. Reprint Edition. 206, illus., maps, footnotes, appendix, index, some discoloration inside boards, DJ scuffed & soiled: sm tears, sm pieces missing. More

[Fort Washington, PA?]: Eastern Acorn Press, 1990. Reprint Edition. Trade paperback. 206, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Appendix. Index. Top corner of front cover bent, small stains on fore-edge. Cover has some wear and soiling. Reprint of the 1881 edition originally published by Harper & Brothers in New York. The chapters are: Significance of the Event, Operations Leading to Yorktown--Cornwallis in the Carolinas, Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia, Washington in the Campaign--Plans and Movements on the Hudson.--Cooperation with the French, The March upon Cornwallis--Movements of the French and English Fleets, The Siege of Yorktown, The Surrender, Appendix, and Index. Henry P. Johnston (1842-1923) was a professor of history in the College of the City of New York. he was a prolific author on the history of American Revolution, especially its military aspects. He was also the Editor of The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay. This work was originally published to mark the hundred-year anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. Johnston here discusses the events leading up to the battle and the American strategy. Johnston' produced a thorough history of the most decisive conflict of the American Revolutionary War. More

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, [4], 487, [3] pages. Frontis. Footnotes. Index. Signed with sentiment by author on half-title. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Minor staining and damp rippling at bottom edge near back of book. Some ink underlining noted. Howard Mumford Jones (April 16, 1892 – May 11, 1980) was an American intellectual historian, literary critic, journalist, poet, and professor of English at Harvard University. In 1965 Jones won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for O Strange New World: American Culture-The Formative Years. He also authored Belief and Disbelief in American Literature (1967), The Age of Energy (1971), and many scholarly journal articles. The Howard Mumford Jones Professorship of American Studies at Harvard University is named in his honor. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. 116, illus., maps, footnotes, biographical glossary, slight fading to spine. More