The Resource American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Stephen Puleo
American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Stephen Puleo
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The item American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Stephen Puleo represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "On December 26, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station, watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times: as Hitler's armies plowed across Europe, seizing or destroying the Continent's historic artifacts at will, Japan bristled to the East. The Axis was rapidly closing in. So FDR set about hiding the country's valuables. On the train speeding away from Neal sat four plain-wrapped cases containing the documentary history of American democracy: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and more, guarded by a battery of agents and bound for safekeeping in the nation's most impenetrable hiding place. American Treasures charts the little-known journeys of these American crown jewels. From the risky and audacious adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to our modern Fourth of July celebrations, American Treasures shows how the ideas captured in these documents underscore the nation's strengths and hopes, and embody its fundamental values of liberty and equality. Stephen Puleo weaves in exciting stories of freedom under fire--from the Declaration and Constitution smuggled out of Washington days before the British burned the capital in 1814, to their covert relocation during WWII--crafting a sweeping history of a nation united to preserve its definition of democracy"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 415 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250065742
- Label
- American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address
- Title
- American treasures
- Title remainder
- the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Puleo
- Subject
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- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- United States -- Antiquities | Collection and preservation | History
- Historic preservation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- Sources
- Democracy -- United States -- History
- United States.
- Manuscripts -- Collection and preservation -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- United States -- History -- Sources
- Hiding places -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On December 26, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station, watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times: as Hitler's armies plowed across Europe, seizing or destroying the Continent's historic artifacts at will, Japan bristled to the East. The Axis was rapidly closing in. So FDR set about hiding the country's valuables. On the train speeding away from Neal sat four plain-wrapped cases containing the documentary history of American democracy: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and more, guarded by a battery of agents and bound for safekeeping in the nation's most impenetrable hiding place. American Treasures charts the little-known journeys of these American crown jewels. From the risky and audacious adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to our modern Fourth of July celebrations, American Treasures shows how the ideas captured in these documents underscore the nation's strengths and hopes, and embody its fundamental values of liberty and equality. Stephen Puleo weaves in exciting stories of freedom under fire--from the Declaration and Constitution smuggled out of Washington days before the British burned the capital in 1814, to their covert relocation during WWII--crafting a sweeping history of a nation united to preserve its definition of democracy"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Puleo, Stephen
- Dewey number
- 973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States.
- United States.
- Lincoln, Abraham
- United States
- Manuscripts
- Hiding places
- Historic preservation
- Democracy
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Label
- American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Stephen Puleo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- BK0017581060
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 415 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250065742
- Lccn
- 2016003702
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- American treasures : the secret efforts to save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Stephen Puleo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- BK0017581060
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 415 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250065742
- Lccn
- 2016003702
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Democracy -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Hiding places -- United States -- History
- Historic preservation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Manuscripts -- Collection and preservation -- United States -- History
- United States -- Antiquities | Collection and preservation | History
- United States -- History -- Sources
- United States -- Politics and government -- Sources
- United States.
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