Hurricane of independence : the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution

Hurricane of independence : the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution

Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2008.

xviii, 299 p. ; 24 cm.

973.3 W741 2008

(OCoLC)224442531

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-283) and index.
Contents: Prologue : the storm of revolution -- Tempest brewing -- Impending doom on the Outer Banks -- First strike : the hurricane of independence roars ashore -- Norfolk : an attack on both sides -- Tobacco and gunpowder -- Landon Carter : diarist and planter-philosopher of the Northern Neck -- The streets of Annapolis -- Lightning and enlightenment -- The colonies unite in Philadelphia against British tyranny -- The radical, the President, and the general in Philadelphia -- Striking the Second Continental Congress -- The heroic collegian : Hamilton in New York -- Whither the hurricane of independence? -- War erupts -- General Washington battles the British and the weather -- Fishing for cod during the summer in Newfoundland -- The hurricane -- Epilogue : the providential American victory.
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