Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence / Joseph J. Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Joseph J.

Contributor:

Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Summary:

Pulitzer-winning American historian Joseph Ellis tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's 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 Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.--From publisher description.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

ISBN:

9780307701220

0307701220

OCLC:

798133561