1774 : the long year of Revolution Mary Beth Norton

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Mary Beth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.

United States. Continental Congress.

Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.

Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.

American loyalists.

Physical Description:

xx, 502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Long year of Revolution

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020].

Summary:

"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

That cursed tea

Divided sentiments

This barbarous edict

Times of perplexity, danger, and distress

Expecting great things

A ferment throughout the continent

The brink of a precipice

A constant state of hot debate

All our liberties at stake.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-482) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line: "To the Delaware Pilots," broadside, 27 Nov. 1773, call number: An[1773]-23. (p34).

Other Format:

Online version: Norton, Mary Beth. 1774

ISBN:

9780385353366

0385353367

OCLC:

1100619990