Unger, Harlow G.

A revealing biography of the life and career of Virginia-born John Marshall, who emerged from the Revolutionary War to become one of the nation's most important Founding Fathers.

Chronicles the life and career of congressman Henry Clay, the youngest congressman to be elected to the Speaker of the House and who established the Speaker as the most powerful elected official after the President.

Offers guidance on the wide-ranging opportunities in alternative and vocational education, and provides advice on homebound and part-time work, r?sum? writing, and employment interviewing.

Contains approximately 2,500 alphabetically arranged entries providing information on people, events, and topics related to a variety of educational areas such as administration, reform, history, church-state conflicts, and civil rights, each with bibliographic references.

Offers guidance on the wide-ranging opportunities in alternative and vocational education.

Describes the college admission process including how to prepare for, select, and apply to the best college for you.

Chronicles the life of lexicographer Noah Webster and discusses his political contributions, his personal life, his famous dictionary, and other related topics.

Contains articles that provide information on educational topics from a wide variety of subject areas, including biographies of notable educators; arranged alphabetically from A-to-E.

Examines George Washington's efforts to create the U.S. Constitution, discussing the threat of civil war that followed the American Revolution, and looking at the objections of Patrick Henry, George Clinton, and ordinary citizens to a centralized government.

Chronicles the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, describing his heroism in the American Revolution, his long love story with his wife, Adrienne, his relationship with George Washington, and the consequences--for his countrymen and family--of his attempt to bring the same liberty to France that he helped America gain on the battlefield.