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American spring, Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution, Walter R. Borneman

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American spring, Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution, Walter R. Borneman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-455)
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Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American spring
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
878540377
Responsibility statement
Walter R. Borneman
Sub title
Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution
Summary
"When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks of the war were much more tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army., American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775. Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation"--Back cover
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