{"product_id":"americas-forgotten-founding-father-a-novel-based-on-the-life-of-filippo-mazzei-9781947431072","title":"America's Forgotten Founding Father: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Mazzei","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis loyalty lasted a lifetime...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurgeon, merchant, vintner, and writer Filippo Mazzei influenced American business, politics, and philosophy. Befriending Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei was a strong liaison for others in Europe. Mazzei was Jefferson's inspiration for the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence: \"All men are created equal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly, Mazzei had a gift of language and often used his words to share his ideas about religious freedom. Mazzei encouraged other Italians still living overseas to join him in a country rich with opportunity and promise. Often, when returning from Italy, he booked passages on ships for people who desired to travel to America and employed them on his estate--just to ensure a better, more fruitful life for everyone. During those travels, Mazzei found himself at the center of many fights for freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was truly a friend to freedom around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelch, Rosanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rosanne Welch is a writer, producer and university professor with credits that include Beverly Hills 90210, Picket Fences, Touched by an Angel, and ABC NEWS\/Nightline. Other books include Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture (McFarland, 2017) and Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection (ABC-CLIO, 2017). Welch has also published chapters in Torchwood Declassified: Investigating Mainstream Cult Television (I. B.Tauris) and The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color (Lexington Books, 2018), and an essay in Doctor Who and Race: An Anthology. By day she teaches courses on the history of screenwriting and on television writing for the Stephens College MFA in screenwriting programs. Her talk The Importance of Having a Female Voice in the Room at the 2016 TEDxCPP can be viewed at https: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8JFNsqKBRnA.","brand":"Barbera Foundation Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476508119314,"sku":"9781947431072","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2efae1e5-24b8-4593-ace7-c2f4cf27abd0.jpg?v=1730252568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/americas-forgotten-founding-father-a-novel-based-on-the-life-of-filippo-mazzei-9781947431072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}