America's Forgotten Founding Father: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Mazzei

His loyalty lasted a lifetime...Surgeon 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 Jeffersons inspiration for the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence: All men are created equal.Clearly 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.He was truly a friend to freedom around the world.