{"product_id":"libertys-lions-the-catholic-revolutionaries-who-established-america-paperback","title":"Liberty's Lions: The Catholic Revolutionaries Who Established America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Leroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Catholics were crucial to America's founding, yet they were downgraded by most historians who never spoke their names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd of problem -- thanks to an independent historian, Dan LeRoy, who gets right to the point. \"The primary goal of this book: to gather together, in one place and for the first time, the significant contributions of Catholics to the American Revolution.\" The veteran writer-researcher does this in twelve chapters that flow like a screenplay and make his electrifying case: Catholics did something more remarkable than just support the patriot cause; they helped lead it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeRoy skillfully depicts the risks taken by each man, whom he calls a \"group of Catholics who were among the greatest statesmen, thinkers, and military leaders of the day.\" He also answers two fundamental questions unaddressed by other historians: (1) What would the Revolution have been like without these Catholics? and (2) Why did they do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, at last, is a full chronicle of the Founding that does justice to the heroic \"papists\" whose lives were on the line, alongside the descendants of Puritans and other refugees. In some cases, George Washington himself knew them, admired them, advanced their careers, and ultimately thanked them -- on behalf of a grateful nation. Among hundreds of insights, you'll learn about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jesuit torn between his priestly duties and support for his countrymen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two Catholic Carrolls -- one a courageous cleric, the other a signer of the Constitution \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pivotal role of American Catholics in the first slave revolt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe endless suffering of Catholics living in early America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe saintly heroism of Lafayette -- his wife, the Marquise de Lafayette, that is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe patriots from Poland who finally get their due\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Ben Franklin, John Adams, George Washington, and other Founders thought of Catholicism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan LeRoy is an author, journalist and teacher who has been the director of the Writing and Publishing Department at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland, Pennsylvania, since 2006. His writing about music and politics has appeared in the New York Times Rolling Stone Newsweek Village Voice Alternative Press Esquire, and National Review Online\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48634744013049,"sku":"9781644131169","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V1BT7hf7E9781644131169.webp?v=1783207250","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/libertys-lions-the-catholic-revolutionaries-who-established-america-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}