Hurricane of independence
Subtitle: the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution
By: Tony Williams.
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Subjects: Hurricanes -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the storm of revolution; title: Tempest brewing; title: Impending doom on the Outer Banks; title: First strike : the hurricane of independence roars ashore; title: Norfolk : an attack on both sides; title: Tobacco and gunpowder; title: Landon Carter : diarist and planter-philosopher of the Northern Neck; title: The streets of Annapolis; title: Lightning and enlightenment; title: The colonies unite in Philadelphia against British tyranny; title: The radical, the President, and the general in Philadelphia; title: Striking the Second Continental Congress; title: The heroic collegian : Hamilton in New York; title: Whither the hurricane of independence?; title: War erupts; title: General Washington and his patriotic citizen-soldiers battle the British and the weather; title: Fishing for cod during the summer in Newfoundland; title: The hurricane; title: Epilogue : the providential American victory.