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Liberty is sweet : the hidden history of the American Revolution / Woody Holton.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E209 .H655 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holton, Woody, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities.
- History.
- Indians.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Indians.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women.
- Minorities--United States--History--18th century.
- Military participation--African American.
- Women.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 779 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Hidden history of the American Revolution
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A celebrated scholar's history of the American Revolution, from its origins to its aftermath, which emphasizes the contributions of groups usually omitted in this story: Native Americans, African Americans, and women"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Words and boundaries
- Prologue: An invisible enemy
- Part one: The king's grievances. Awing and protecting the Indians (1763)
- The first American Revolution (1763)
- Confederacy of smugglers (1763-1764)
- Hungry caterpillars (1765)
- A hobnail or a horseshoe (1765-1766)
- Who should rule at home? (1766)
- From Bengal to Boston (1767-1768)
- Red flag over Boston (1768-1769)
- The music of the wheels (1769)
- Town born, turn out! (1770-1772)
- Cry for liberty (1772-1773)
- In the common cause (1774)
- The hindmost horse (1774-1775)
- Part two: Push on. Introduction
- Declare freedom (Early 1775)
- Pyramids of fire (Spring-Summer 1775)
- Instigated insurrections? (1775)
- Freedom hath been hunted (Early 1776)
- The mouse in the maze (Early 1776)
- Liberty further extended (Summer 1776)
- You never will have enough (Summer 1776)
- The game is pretty nearly up (Fall 1776)
- The price of revolution (Early 1777)
- Above all, horses (Summer 1777)
- Take no quarter (Fall 1777)
- The valley (Winter 1777-1778)
- Southern strategies (1778-1779)
- Dark days (1779-1780)
- Secret agency (1780)
- Had I crossed the river (1781)
- Nothing but a treaty (1781)
- Surrenders (1781-1782)
- To amend and perfect (1782-1783)
- Like old worn out horses (1782-1783)
- Part three: Roads opened, roads closed. Introduction
- A revolution in favor of government (1783-1788)
- An unseen enemy (1788-1793)
- Back to Braddock's field (1794-1795)
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-740) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Holton, Woody. Liberty is sweet.
- ISBN:
- 9781476750378
- 1476750378
- OCLC:
- 1236259262
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