Scars of independence : America's violent birth

Scars of independence : America's violent birth

1st ed.

New York : Crown Publishing, 2017.

xiv, 559 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

973.31 H776 2017

(OCoLC)953617831

"The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this ... account of America's founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war--one that shaped the nation, and the British Empire, in ways we have only begun to understand"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-531) and index.
Contents: Tory-hunting -- Britain's dilemma -- Rubicon -- Plundering protectors -- Violated bodies -- Slaughterhouses -- Black holes -- Skiver them! -- Town-destroyer -- Americanizing the war -- Man for man -- Returning losers.
Library has 2 copies: c. 1 (L2017M53); c. 2 (L2019M93)

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