Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution

The American colonies were in the clutches of two deadly storms. Only months before, the first shots of what would become the American Revolution had been fired. But not everyone was committed to battle. The people were caught between a patriotic fervor for the cause of liberty and deep concern about the righteousness of, and the danger in, rebelling against the world's largest empire.

And unbeknownst to them, as September 1775 opened, a powerful hurricane was making its way across the Atlan...