Noble Undertaking: Volume 1: The Continental Congress and the American Revolution, 1774-78

Details the Continental Congress’s transformation from diplomatic assembly to revolutionary leadership, overcoming crises to unite a fledgling nation.

Beginning as a convention of delegates groping for an honorable way to mend ties with Great Britain, the Continental Congress developed into an assembly saddled with the task of ushering in a new nation while managing a war. This book examines the crises that bombarded Congress over those eventful years and explains how this collection of most...