Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution (Simon & Schuster America Collection) - Softcover

Bobrick, Benson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451626991 ISBN 13: 9781451626995

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub date: 2011 07 Pages: 560 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Angel in the Whirlwind is the epic tale of the American Revolution. FROM its Roots among tax-weary colonists to the triumphant Declaration of Independence and ? eventual Victory and liberty . recounted by Benson Boick. lauded by The New York Times as perhaps the most interesting historian writing in America today. Overwhelmed with debt following its victory in the French and Indian Wars. England began imposing harsh new tariffs and taxes on its colonists in the 1760s. Rebellion against these measures soon erupted into war. Boick thrillingly describes all the major battles. from Lexington and Concord to the dramatic siege of Yorktown. when the itish flag was finally lowered before patriot guns. At the same time he weaves together social and political history along with the military history. inging to life not...

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Review:

"The Revolution is full of amazing characters and stories. . . . What it has needed is a storyteller fit to get it between two covers. Now it has found one."
--The New York Times Book Review

"A splendid retelling of a remarkable story."
--The Atlantic Monthly

About the Author:

Benson Bobrick earned his doctorate from Columbia University and is the author of several critically acclaimed works, including Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired and Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution. In 2002 he received the Literature Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He and his wife, Hilary, live in Vermont.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451626991
• ISBN 13: 9781451626995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560