The American Revolution

A sudden gunshot cracks the dawn silence of a colonial village; across the Atlantic, the fate of an entire continent teeters between loyalty and revolution. In the charged atmosphere of eighteenth century America, the struggle for independence unfolds not only on the battlefield, but in the hearts and minds of those who dared to imagine a new kind of nation. With a historian's precision and a storyteller's sense of drama, this account draws readers deep into the origins of the American Revo...