In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence
The American Revolution was a war, but it was also a time, a span of history, in which some people fought, but most just lived. They thought, acted, worked, raised families, worshipped, built, sold, bought, and tried to live as best they could in a time of hope, anxiety, despair, loss, gain, and, above all, disruption.

In the Time of the Revolution is a popular, single-volume history of the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783, an intensely active, exciting, and critical span of time in North America. It began with a lopsided skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts, culminated militarily in a major amphibious campaign mounted by a large Franco-American army against British army and naval forces at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, and then passed through two more years of desultory combat and cruel fights between diehard Loyalists and vengeful Patriots before ending in the Treaty of Paris. During these eight years in an America that was a collection of young towns on the edge of a vast wilderness, the break-up with the mother country was the central fact of life.
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In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence
The American Revolution was a war, but it was also a time, a span of history, in which some people fought, but most just lived. They thought, acted, worked, raised families, worshipped, built, sold, bought, and tried to live as best they could in a time of hope, anxiety, despair, loss, gain, and, above all, disruption.

In the Time of the Revolution is a popular, single-volume history of the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783, an intensely active, exciting, and critical span of time in North America. It began with a lopsided skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts, culminated militarily in a major amphibious campaign mounted by a large Franco-American army against British army and naval forces at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, and then passed through two more years of desultory combat and cruel fights between diehard Loyalists and vengeful Patriots before ending in the Treaty of Paris. During these eight years in an America that was a collection of young towns on the edge of a vast wilderness, the break-up with the mother country was the central fact of life.
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In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence

In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence

by Alan Axelrod author of How America Won World War I
In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence

In the Time of the Revolution: Living the War of American Independence

by Alan Axelrod author of How America Won World War I

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The American Revolution was a war, but it was also a time, a span of history, in which some people fought, but most just lived. They thought, acted, worked, raised families, worshipped, built, sold, bought, and tried to live as best they could in a time of hope, anxiety, despair, loss, gain, and, above all, disruption.

In the Time of the Revolution is a popular, single-volume history of the American Revolution, 1775 to 1783, an intensely active, exciting, and critical span of time in North America. It began with a lopsided skirmish at Lexington, Massachusetts, culminated militarily in a major amphibious campaign mounted by a large Franco-American army against British army and naval forces at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, and then passed through two more years of desultory combat and cruel fights between diehard Loyalists and vengeful Patriots before ending in the Treaty of Paris. During these eight years in an America that was a collection of young towns on the edge of a vast wilderness, the break-up with the mother country was the central fact of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493066391
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 04/01/2022
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Alan Axelrod is the author of many books on leadership, history, and military history, including Miracle at Belleau Wood (Lyons Press, 2018), The Battle of the Somme (Lyons Press, 2016), The Battle of Verdun (Lyons Press, 2016), and Selling the Great War: The Making of American Propaganda (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). He has taught at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL) and Furman University (Greenville, SC) and was most recently a creative consultant and on-screen commentator for The Great War, on the PBS American Experience television series. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The American Crisis v

Chapter 1 Why Our Founding Fathers Fought Our Mother Country 1

Chapter 2 The War Young Washington Started 11

Chapter 3 The Rich, the Poor, and the "Middling Sort" 25

Chapter 4 Patriots, Loyalists, Native Americans, and Slaves 35

Chapter 5 America Praying, America Thinking 45

Chapter 6 King and Parliament 54

Chapter 7 From Massacre to Tea Party 63

Chapter 8 Tipping Point 72

Chapter 9 Heard round the World 82

Chapter 10 Of Green Mountains and Continental Ambitions 93

Chapter 11 Defeat and Triumph in Boston 109

Chapter 12 A Time of Decision 121

Chapter 13 The Long Retreat 132

Chapter 14 Counterattack 150

Chapter 15 Gentleman Johnny's Plan 161

Chapter 16 The Capital Falls Yet the War Continues 173

Chapter 17 Saratoga Glory and an Ally Earned 185

Chapter 18 Hope Dims, Winter Calls 198

Chapter 19 Springtime 209

Chapter 20 Out of Uniform 222

Chapter 21 The Southern Strategy 235

Chapter 22 A Trial of Souls 248

Chapter 23 A Hero's Life 264

Chapter 24 The Backcountry War 273

Chapter 25 Upside Down 289

Chapter 26 Never a Good War or a Bad Peace 307

Index 321

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