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1774 : the long year of Revolution Mary Beth Norton
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 208 .N635 2020
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- 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
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