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Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307946379)
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xNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian
"Accessible and electric.... [Ellis] crisply covers the decisive and improbable events of 1776.... [A] dramatic slice of history." --USA Today
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.
Author: Joseph J. Ellis
ISBN-10: 0307946371
ISBN-13: 9780307946379
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.25w x 0.61d
Review Citation(s):
People Weekly 08/31/2014 pg. 24
"Accessible and electric.... [Ellis] crisply covers the decisive and improbable events of 1776.... [A] dramatic slice of history." --USA Today
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.
Author: Joseph J. Ellis
ISBN-10: 0307946371
ISBN-13: 9780307946379
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.25w x 0.61d
Review Citation(s):
People Weekly 08/31/2014 pg. 24
By Joseph J. Ellis
xJoseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx, won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife and their youngest son.
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