Our first civil war : patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution / H.W. Brands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brands, H. W., author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutionaries.

History.

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

United States.

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

Social aspects.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775.

Politics and government.

United States--History, Military.

History, Military.

Revolutionaries--United States--History--18th century.

American loyalists.

War--Causes.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, 2021.

Summary:

"New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and riveting narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the British, but also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist and Patriot"-- Provided by publisher.

What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? George Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Benjamin Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. Others in the same circle of family and friends chose differently-- and soon heard themselves denounced as traitors for not having betrayed the country where they grew up. Brands reminds us that before America could win its revolution against Britain, the Patriots had to win a bitter civil war against family, neighbors, and friends. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Prologue

Seeds of doubt

When the winds blow

So widely different

Can a virtuous man hesitate?

Rebellion to tyrants

A scene of horror and distress

Malignant faction

Lawrence Growden's daughter

Treason of the deepest dye

Up goes Huddy

Never a good war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-464) and index.

Map on endpapers.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Kennedy fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Other Format:

Online version

Brands, H. W. America's first civil war

Online version: Brands, H. W. America's first civil war

ISBN:

9780385546515

0385546513

OCLC:

1246674740