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When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776
By Mark Hess (illustrator) and Ann Warren Turner
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Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books
Publication date January 1, 2004
Binding Hardcover
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780060275792
ISBN-10 0060275790
Dimensions 0.50 by 8.75 by 11.50 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $15.99
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When Thomas Jefferson takes lodging at his mother's boardinghouse and spends hours working on an important document, the Declaration of Independence, a curious boy initiates conversations with the man and, in the process, learns about the meaning of liberty and the importance of freedom.
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What did I know of freedom, of all the wild talk of independence that summer of 1776?

Ned is just a boy helping his mother run their boardinghouse the summer that a tall, thin man named Mr. Jefferson comes to stay. He and other important colonists are there for the Congress in Philadelphia, to debate their charges against King George in England, which have erupted into a violent war.

As Mr. Jefferson spends night

after night writing in his room, Ned forgets the simple things he wants, like a new cap, and thinks instead about the extraordinary idea everyone is starting to talk about -- freedom -- and the incredible changes it might soon bring to their lives.

With hauntingly beautiful words and historically accurate paintings, when mr. jefferson came to philadelphia combines the fictional character of Ned with authentic details about Thomas Jefferson's lodging during the writing of the Declaration of Independence to create a powerfully moving portrait of the spirit that fueled our nation's birth.



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from Harpercollins Childrens Books (January 1, 2004)
9780060275792 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.85 lbs | List price $15.99
About: In 1776 Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson seeks lodging with Ned and his mother when Congress convenes to debate the topic of freedom, and to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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from Harpercollins Childrens Books (December 1, 2003)
9780060275808 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.89
About: In 1776 Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson seeks lodging with Ned and his mother when Congress convenes to debate the topic of freedom, and to draft the Declaration of Independence.

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