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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph J Ellis |
ISBN: | 9780307701220 0307701220 |
OCLC Number: | 1001483063 |
Description: | 219 pages : index |
Contents: | Prudence dictates -- Of arms and men -- Dogs that did not bark -- Etc., etc., etc -- After virtue -- The fog of war -- Hearts and minds -- A long war -- Postscript: necessary fictions. |
Other Titles: | Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence |
Responsibility: | by Joseph J. Ellis. |
Abstract:
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our countrys 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 Britains Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe.
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