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Tagsamerican founding (97), men of (46), roots (28), revolutionary (19), war of (12), warrior (10), primary sources (7), nation-builder (5), threats to (4) — see all tags

GroupsInstitute for the American Founding, Political Conservatives

About my library My library reflects the most important things about me: that I have taught American History for over 25 years; that I am a political conservative; that I am a follower of Jesus Christ.
The core of my library and what I think makes it unique is its emphasis on the American Founding (1763-1799) I have organized it around the following tags:

Roots of the American Founding: these works are the philosophical foundation of the Founding. Some ancient - what Jefferson called "the elementary books of right" that contain the intellectual well from which the Founding drew to define their rights and establish this country on a solid basis. It also contains more modern works about these ideas.

War of the American Founding: containing books abut the American War of Independence in which these ideas were refined, defended, and secured.

Men of the American Founding: contains biographies of the men who were leaders in the Founding divided into four classes - revolutionaries, warriors, nation-builders, and statesmen. Revolutionaries were those who had the vision to both understand the principles of liberty and sense the threat to them. Warriors obviously were the military men who won the battles that secured our independence. Nation-builders were mainly the men of the Constitutional Convention that met in the summer of 1787 to form a government that would best protect these principles. Statesmen put the new government into effect and were faithful in fleshing out those principles.

Collections: Refers to books that discuss the lives and contributions of many men in one volume.

Principles of the American Founding: Here are works primarily defining and discussing the principles of liberty and freedom (there is a difference) especially by modern authors.

Threats to the American Founding: This section includes books that examine ideas that have developed in opposition to the princiles of the Founding such as fascism in all its manifestations, Marxism, the Southern Confederacy and socialism. Some that I have included might be controversial but I have tried not to cast the net too widely.

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Steve: This evening I came across the name of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Button Gwinnet. He was born in Glouchester, England, in 1735. I wonder if his mother told him that he was "as cute as a button" when he was born. Yangguy
Steve: This evening I learned that there was a signer of the Declaration of Independence named, Button Gwinnet. He was born in Glouchester, England, in 1735. I wonder if his mother said that he was "as cute as a button". yangguy
STEVE: I left a message on user rumblemuffin's page to try contacting you. He has a book called "Rex, Lex or the Law & the Prince" and has other works that indicate an interest in history and government. God bless. I hope to see you tomorrow. yangguy
Steve: I looked at your "author cloud" and the name that popped out at me was Winston Churchill. I have a small book about him, but need to add it on "LibraryThing". Maybe we can meet sometime at Panera Bread on Southport and talk more about our books and worldview. If Tolkein and Lewis did it, so can we. Well, I don't mean that they met at Panera Bread, but you know what I mean. I think they called themselves the Inklings, correct? Have a good week. Drop a line when you can. God bless. YangGuy
Steve: I have enjoyed reading through your profile. I like how you have it organized. I have some books about Lincoln, Hamilton and the Thirteen Colonies that you might want to look at. My user name is yangguy (i.e. sheep/lamb guy) because of my interest in the ancient Chinese characters and most of all in the Lamb of God, who says I am one of His sheep. Yours in Christ, Larry
Welcome to the Political Conservatives group. Thanks for joining!
Hi Dad,
I found you! I knew it was library something or other. "Library Thing" is a funny name to me, reminds me of "Wild Thing". I don't know how much I will be able to contribute to this forum, if it was about bacteria maybe a little more, but I am interested in reading what is discussed.

Oh, I think there are way more than 77 books at home! Need to finish adding to your online library. Talk to you soon,
Meg

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