"For those who like their history rich in vivid details, Derek Beck has served up a delicious brew in this book....This may soon become everyone's favorite." -Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty! The American Revolution<br /><br />A sweeping, provocative new look at the pivotal years leading up to the
The American Revolution, 1775-1783
β Scribed by John Richard Alden
- Publisher
- New York, Harper
- Year
- 1954
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 333
- Series
- New American nation series
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Category
- Library
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A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. In one of the most βexciting and engagingβ (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in decades, Pulitzer Prizeβwinning historian Joseph J. Ellis
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