American spring : Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution

American spring : Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution

New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2014.

viii, 469 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

973.331 B736 2014

(OCoLC)857879424

Follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington, Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775; focuses on the heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-455) and index.
Contents: Tuesday, December 13, 1774 -- An irrepressible tide: January-March 1775 -- "Let it begin here": April 1775 -- Decisive days: May-June 1775 -- Monday, July 13, 1775.
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