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Frontier rebels : the fight for independence in the American west, 1765-1776 / Patrick Spero.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E188 .S64 2018
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Literary Award E188 .S64 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spero, Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Croghan, George, 1720?-1782.
- Croghan, George.
- Ottawa Indians.
- History.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Pennsylvania.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Ottawa Indians--History.
- Pennsylvania--History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 268 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Summary:
- The story of the "Black Boys," a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution to reveal how the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence.
- "The untold story of the "Black Boys," a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. --Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Patrick Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution, moving the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier. In spellbinding detail, Frontier Rebels reveals an often-overlooked truth: the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence." - provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface: the crisis of empire
- Setting the stage
- The mission
- The convoy departs
- The attack
- Transformation
- Crisis
- Independence
- The elusive peace
- Disintegration
- Imperial failure
- Revolution
- Epilogue: legacies
- The Elusive peace
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-258) and index.
- Athenaeum literary award ; 2018
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Kennedy fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum literary award copy: gift of the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0393634701
- 9780393634709
- OCLC:
- 1005116803
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