Tories : fighting for the king in America's first civil war /
Allen, Thomas B.
New York : Harper,
c2010.
A history of the Americans who chose to side with the British in the American Revolution that sheds important new light on the little-known figures whose lives were forever changed because they remained faithful to their mother country.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-444) and index.
Preface: "Little less than savage fury" -- Two flags over Plymouth -- Arming the Tories -- Flee or fight -- " To subdue the bad" -- The war for Boston -- Into the fourteenth colony -- The farewell fleet -- Beating the Southern drums -- "Broadswords and King George!" -- War in the loyal province -- Terror on the neutral ground -- "Indians must be employed" -- Treason along the Chesapeake -- Vengeance in the valleys -- Seeking Southern friends -- Despair before the dawn -- Bloody days of reckoning -- And they began the world anew.
A history of the Americans who chose to side with the British in the American Revolution that sheds important new light on the little-known figures whose lives were forever changed because they remained faithful to their mother country.
American loyalists.