Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence

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Label

Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence

Title remainder

the birth of American independence

Statement of responsibility

Joseph J. Ellis

Creator

• Ellis, Joseph J

Subject

• Electronic books
• Revolutionary
• 18th Century
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Pulitzer-winning American historian Joseph Ellis tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

973.3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E208

LC item number

.E48 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography