American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution - Hardcover

Borneman, Walter R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316221023 ISBN 13: 9780316221023

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 2014

Synopsis

When we look back on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks of the war were much more tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army.

AMERICAN SPRING follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.

Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution, Walter Borneman tells the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation.

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Title: American Spring( Lexington Concord and the Road to Revolution) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: WalterR.Borneman <>Publisher: LittleBrownandCompany

Review:

Superbly reported... Historian Walter R. Borneman tackles the essential question of military leadership: What makes some men, but not others, able to motivate a fighting force into battle? (Tony Perry Los Angeles Times)

Engagingly written and deeply researched... Mr. Borneman makes it easy to understand the complex series of maneuvers and counter-maneuvers at Leyte Gulf...which is not always the case with accounts of the battle. (Andrew Roberts Wall Street Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0316221023
• ISBN 13: 9780316221023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384