Lion of Liberty

This award-winning author's portrait of America's first Founding Father is “[a] vivid biography of the Virginia firebrand” ( Wall Street Journal ). Remembered largely for his cry for “liberty or death,” Patrick Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of America's Founding Fathers, who roused his countrymen to fight government tyranny—both British and American. He was the first to call Americans to arms against Britain, first to demand a bill of rights, and first to fight the growth of b