Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation near sparked by a line in

sparked by a line in her great-grandfather's diary: "Brother Nikodim

" --Madeline Given

On an autumn morning in 1849

which is paired with vignette illustrations that also invite coloring

Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation near sparked by a line inIn twenty two original essays, leading historians reveal the radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice and recognition to a generation of radical thinkers and doers whose revolutionary ideals outstripped those of the "Founding Fathers." While the Founding Fathers advocated a break from Britain and espoused ideals of republican government, none proposed