Norine Dickson Campbell
Författare till Patrick Henry: Patriot and Statesman
Verk av Norine Dickson Campbell
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1899
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- South Carolina, USA
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 73
- Popularitet
- #240,526
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 3
- ISBN
- 1
- Favoritmärkt
- 1
The earliest biography of Patrick Henry by William Wirt "Life and Character of Patrick Henry" (1816) was poorly researched and was influenced directly by Thomas Jefferson. Evidence that Henry was hated so much by Jefferson is found in "Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" by Fawn Brodie (1974) p. 203. Jefferson wrote to Madison in code that they should "pray for his death". Jefferson wanted nothing to do with Henry and shelved his copy of Wirt's biography under fiction.… (mer)