{"product_id":"signing-their-lives-away","title":"Signing Their Lives Away","description":"\u003cp itemprop=\"name\" class=\"pdp-header-title text-lg-left text-sm-center mr-md-l ml-md-l mr-sm-l ml-sm-l reduce-font-title\"\u003eSigning Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pdp-header-sticky-author\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"pdp-header-authors\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"key-contributors\"\u003eby \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/%22Denise%20Kiernan%22;jsessionid=10F41D18287CE0F0F90D872DDE378169.prodny_store01-atgap07?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List\u0026amp;Ns=P_Sales_Rank\u0026amp;Ntx=mode+matchall\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDenise Kiernan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/%22Joseph%20D'Agnese%22;jsessionid=10F41D18287CE0F0F90D872DDE378169.prodny_store01-atgap07?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List\u0026amp;Ns=P_Sales_Rank\u0026amp;Ntx=mode+matchall\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eJoseph D'Agnese\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigning Their Lives Away\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintroduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison; Thomas Lynch was lost at sea; and of course Sam Adams achieved fame as a patriot\/brewer. Complete with portraits of the signers as well as a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigning Their Lives Away\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprovides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"other-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__format\"\u003ePaperback, \u003cspan class=\"sp__the-pages\"\u003e304 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-trim-size\"\u003e5.37 × 8.00 × 1.12 in\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-trim-weight\"\u003e0.60\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-trim-weight\"\u003elb\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__isbn13\"\u003eISBN 9781683691266\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__published\"\u003ePublished: 2019-04-30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268422627610,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/1785\/3978\/files\/signinglivesaway.jpg?v=1779476256","url":"https:\/\/ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com\/products\/signing-their-lives-away","provider":"NC History Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}