{"product_id":"9781625391018","title":"The Top 5 Greatest Americans: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes pictures of important people, places, and events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIncludes a table of contents. \u003cbr\u003e*Includes bibliographies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery American can easily recite the highlights of the “Father of Our Country”. The remarkable Virginian led an under-resourced rag-tag army to ultimate victory in the American Revolution before becoming the nation’s first president, setting every precedent for the executive branch of the new government, from forming a “Cabinet” to limiting himself to two terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody spent more time in the thick of America's political debates than Thomas Jefferson, one of the most famous and revered Americans. Jefferson was instrumental in all of the aforementioned debates, authoring the Declaration of Independence, laying out the ideological groundwork of the notion of states’ rights, leading one of the first political parties, and overseeing the expansion of the United States during his presidency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the United States of America even existed, the first American celebrity was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Franklin was an author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat, and he used his unique status as an international celebrity to become the colonies’ best diplomat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchoolchildren can recite the life story of Lincoln, the “Westerner” who educated himself and became a self made man, rising from lawyer to leader of the new Republican Party before becoming the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln successfully navigated the Union through the Civil War but didn’t live to witness his crowning achievement, becoming the first president assassinated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe life and legend of Dr. King have been told to every American, many of whom come away equating King with the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. But King’s life was about far more than leading movements and having dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130756219120,"sku":"9781625391018","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781625391018_p0.jpg?v=1763864851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781625391018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}