Traces the history of the American Revolution, from the Boston Massacre to the British surrender at Yorktown.
26, 1782, quoted on 45 (“licks”); Chopra, Unnatural Rebellion, 198, 206; Jasanoff, Liberty's Exiles, 63–64, 85–86; Moore, The Loyalists, 142–43; Ritcheson, “Britain's Peacemakers,” 96–100. 29. Albany resolutions, May 19, 1783 (“never to ...
Balancing social and political concerns of the period and perspectives of the average American revolutionary with a careful examination of the war itself, Ferling has crafted the ideal book for armchair military history buffs, a book about ...
Uncover the remarkable story of the American Revolution!
Meticulously researched and accessible, Slave Nation provides a little-known view of the birth of our nation and its earliest steps toward self-governance.
Featuring essays from leading scholars and historians, and fully illustrated with historical military portraiture, documents, and maps indicating campaigns and territories, this book offers a completely new understanding of the American ...
... Iliffe NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner NINETEENTH‐CENTURY BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew THE NORMAN CONQUEST George Garnett NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green NORTHERN IRELAND Marc Mulholland NOTHING ...
Convening just weeks after the battles at Lexington and Concord, Congress quickly attended to its own schedule for prayer and moved for a resolution for a national fast day. The year before, the first ...
What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.
Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the American Revolution in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series.
This book has developed from a study that was first undertaken a number of years ago, when Howard Mumford Jones, then editor-in-chief of the John Harvard Library, invited me to...