num_pages: 1440
description: Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris have provided a prudent perceptive answerthe participants themselvesand in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and the Boston Tea Party Bunker Hill the Declaration of Independence and more. In letters journals diaries official documents and personal recollections the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers.Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary this book examines every aspect of the war including the Loyalist and British views; treason and prison escapes; songs and ballads; the home front and diplomacy abroad. In short the editors have wrought a balanced sweeping and compelling documentary history.
language: English
title: The Spirit Of Seventy-six: The Story Of The American Revolution As Told By Participants
publisher: Da Capo Press