Narrator, Jean Fritz music, the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps.From the books by Jean Fritz of An then what happened, Paul Revere?, Can't you make them behave, King George?, What's the big idea, Ben Franklin?, Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, Will you sign here, John Hancock?, Why don't you get a horse, Sam Adams? Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns history.United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 Get the best deal by comparing prices from over. WILL YOU SIGN HERE, JOHN HANCOCK Author: Jean Fritz Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman Grades: 2 - 6 Lexile®: 970 Guided Reading Level: R Release Date: 2005 Themes: Biography History and Government The story of one of the most famous signers of the Declaration of Independence.
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.So here is Hancock's story, warts and all, well told by Jean Fritz and illustrated in spirited if rather too jolly fashion by Trina Schart Hyman.Not available - Please contact a librarian for assistance.ĭescription 1 videocassette (16 min.) : sd., col. He was also kind, generous and brave enough to have been one of the first to put personal safety and fortune into the battle against the Crown.
Rich, pleasure‐loving, vain, he passed through the Revolution in comfort, complaining occasionally of having to “ruff it”-which for him meant a temporary descent from silver to pewter utensils. Hancock had a keen sense of history, if not much stomach for its sometimes painful demands. “George the Third can read that without his spectacles!” is what history tells us he said.īy Jean Fritz.
Hancock wrote his name so boldly that it entered the vernacular as a synonym for signature.
Refreshing, then, to come upon this nicely executed mini‐portrait of John Hancock, whose chief claim to our Bicentennial attention is the size of his signature on the Declaration of Independence. Originally published: New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976. Crowded with idealized statuary, swept by the drafts of legend and infested with humbugs, it challenges honesty at every turn. The pantheon of the Founding Fathers is a daunting place.
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