Holton Woody Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution 9781476750378

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Автор: Holton Woody
Название: Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9781476750378
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Классификация: ISBN-10: 1476750378
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 800
Вес: 0.95 кг.
Дата издания: 19.10.2021
Язык: English
Размер: 24.23 x 17.12 x 4.04 cm
Поставляется из: США
Описание: A deeply researched and bracing retelling (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans--women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.

Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a spirited account (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other Americans whose passion for freedom often brought them into conflict with the Founding Fathers. It is all one story, prizewinning historian Woody Holton writes.

Holton describes the origins and crucial battles of the Revolution from Lexington and Concord to the British surrender at Yorktown, always focusing on marginalized Americans--enslaved Africans and African Americans, Native Americans, women, and dissenters--and on overlooked factors such as weather, North Americas unique geography, chance, misperception, attempts to manipulate public opinion, and (most of all) disease. Thousands of enslaved Americans exploited the chaos of war to obtain their own freedom, while others were given away as enlistment bounties to whites. Women provided material support for the troops, sewing clothes for soldiers and in some cases taking part in the fighting. Both sides courted native people and mimicked their tactics.

Liberty Is Sweet is a must-read book for understanding the founding of our nation (Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin), from its origins on the frontiers and in the Atlantic ports to the creation of the Constitution. Offering surprises at every turn--for example, Holton makes a convincing case that Britain never had a chance of winning the war--this majestic history revivifies a story we thought we already knew.

Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, Holton Woody