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A compelling, intimate history of the Revolutionary period through one charismatic and ambitious family, revealing how the American Revolution was, in many ways, a civil war.“Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! —John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777 All wars are tragic, but the "revolutionary generation" paid an exceptionally personal price. Foreign wars pull men from home to ...

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A boy named Peter, born to a slave in Massachusetts in 1763, was sold nineteen months later to a childless white couple there. This book recounts the fascinating history of how the American Revolution came to Peter's small town, how he joined the revolutionary army at the age of twelve, and how he participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Yorktown and witnessed the surrender at Saratoga. Joyce Lee Malcolm describes Peter's home life in ru...

Excerpt from The Scene of the Battle, 1775: Historic Grounds Report, Minute Man National Historical ParkSurviving historical materials permit, what the landscape looked like when the British regulars and their American.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art ...

Excerpt from The Scene of the Battle, 1775: Historic Grounds Report, Minute Man National Historical ParkSurviving historical materials permit, what the landscape looked like when the British regulars and their American.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art ...

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life, politics, and constitutional development, and present a historical analysis of a controversial Anglo-American legacy, a legacy that resonates loudly in America today.

The writings presented in this volume, part of a two-volume set, are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which established principles of governance and liberty that could be seen to have not only benefited themselves but also the founders of the American Republic. Included in the text is work by Coke, Sydney and Shaftesbury. This second volume encompasses writings from the Restoration through the revolution...

The writings presented in this volume, part of a two-volume set, are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which established principles of governance and liberty that could be seen to have not only benefited themselves but also the founders of the American Republic. Included in the text is work by Coke, Sydney and Shaftesbury. This first volume consists of pamphlets written from the reign of James I to the Re...

The English Civil War in mid-century and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle between kings who were eager to consolidate and even extend their power and subjects who were eager to identify and defend individual liberties. The source and nature of sovereignty was of course the central issue. The writings, by the renowned (Coke, Sidney, Shaftsbury) and the unremembered (Anonymous) therefore constitute an...

This timely and thought-provoking book takes a crucial step in illuminating the actual relationship between guns and violence in modern society.

The English Civil War in mid-century and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle between kings who were eager to consolidate and even extend their power and subjects who were eager to identify and defend individual liberties. The source and nature of sovereignty was of course the central issue. The writings, by the renowned (Coke, Sidney, Shaftsbury) and the unremembered (Anonymous) therefore constitute an...

The writings presented in this volume, part of a two-volume set, are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which established principles of governance and liberty that could be seen to have not only benefited themselves but also the founders of the American Republic. Included in the text is work by Coke, Sydney and Shaftesbury. This first volume consists of pamphlets written from the reign of James I to the Re...

The writings presented in this volume are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which established principles of governance and liberty that could be seen to have not only benefited themselves but also the founders of the American Republic.