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Our first civil war : patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution
Audience Adults
Published [2021] by Doubleday, New York
ISBN 9780385546515
Bib Id 1129343
Copyright 2021
Edition First edition.
Description 486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
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cam a22 8i 4500
LCCN
2020-043860
ISBN
9780385546515 (hardcover) $32.50
0385546513
9780593082560 (paperback) $19.00
Call #
973.311 B
Title
Our first civil war : patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution
Varying Form of Title
Patriots and loyalists in the Revolution
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2021] by Doubleday, New York :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-464) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Seeds of doubt -- When the winds blow -- So widely different -- Can a virtuous man hesitate? -- Rebellion to tyrants -- A scene of horror and distress -- Malignant faction -- Lawrence Growden's daughter -- Treason of the deepest dye -- Up goes Huddy -- Never a good war.
Summary
What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? George Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Benjamin Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. Others in the same circle of family and friends chose differently-- and soon heard themselves denounced as traitors for not having betrayed the country where they grew up. Brands reminds us that before America could win its revolution against Britain, the Patriots had to win a bitter civil war against family, neighbors, and friends. -- adapted from jacket
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