The shoemaker and the tea party : memory and the American Revolution /
Young, Alfred Fabian,1925-
Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press,
c1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-248) and index.
I: George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840). A Boston shoemaker and the memory of the American Revolution -- A man in his nineties -- A Boston childhood -- The apprentice -- The shoemaker -- The massacre -- The tea party -- Tar and feathers -- The patriot -- Soldier and sailor -- Family man -- Veteran -- Hero -- II: When did they start calling it the Boston Tea Party? The contest for memory of the American Revolution -- Taming the revolution, 1765-1775 -- The destruction of the tea, 1773 -- Taming the memory of the revolution, 1783-1820 -- Merchants, mill owners, and master mechanics -- The discovery of the veterans, 1825 -- Claiming the revolution: the radical challenge, 1835 -- The recoverery of the tea party -- The appropriation of a shoemaker -- Into history: the ongoing contest for the revolution.
Hewes, George R. T. (George Robert Twelves), 1742-1840.
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.
Shoemakers
Memory
Shoemaker and the tea party.