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The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson

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Winner of the National Book Award

The classic political biography that reimagined Revolutionary history—in a new edition to honor America’s 250th year.


Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Massachusetts Bay during the restive years of 1771–1774, was the most distinguished colonial-born official in pre-Revolutionary America. He was also the most loathed. A loyalist, Hutchinson defended the legitimacy of Parliament’s rule and suffered the consequences, bearing the full weight of Patriot ire. By the e...