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Rinaldi, Ann
OR GIVE ME DEATH : A NOVEL OF PATRICK HENRY'S FAMILY
Orlando : Gulliver Books, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 0152166874
"Give me my freedom or let me go to my death."  This quote is not quite the famous one we associate with Patrick Henry, one of the best orators of the American Revolution.  But these are the words Anne hears her mother speak shortly before she dies.  You see, Sarah Henry, the wife of Patrick, has been kept in the cellar for years and has not been allowed out.  Not since she tried to drown her infant son.  Not since she ran away with her toddler in the pouring rain.  Not since she went mad.  With the country in turmoil and Patrick Henry a central figure in the Revolution, he own household was out of control.  Read about his family and their troubles in Or Give Me Death.
SUBJECTS:     Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Virginia -- Fiction.
                        Mental illness -- Fiction.
                        Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Fiction.
                        United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Fiction.

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