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Brands, H. W.
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Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
American loyalists.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
United States -- History, Military.
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Brands, H. W.
Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
American loyalists.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
United States -- History, Military.
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Our first civil war :
patriots
and
loyalists
in the American
Revolution
/ H.W. Brands.
by
Brands, H. W.
Doubleday, 2021.
Call #:
973.311 B819o
Subjects
Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
American
loyalists
.
United States -- History --
Revolution
, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
United States -- History --
Revolution
, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
United States -- History, Military.
ISBN:
9780385546515 (hc)
Alternate title:
Our 1st civil war
Patriots
and
loyalists
in the
Revolution
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
486 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-464) and index.
Summary:
"From best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands comes a gripping, page-turning narrative of the American
Revolution
that shows it to be more than a fight against the British: it was also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist or Patriot. What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? What prompts their neighbors, hardly distinguishable in station or success, to defend that country against the rebels? That is the question H. W. Brands answers in his powerful new history of the American
Revolution
. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams might have seemed a more obvious candidate for rebellion, being of cantankerous temperament. Even so, he revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. Others in the same circle of family and friends chose differently. William Franklin might have been expected to join his father, Benjamin, in rebellion but remained loyal to the British. So did Thomas Hutchinson, a royal governor and friend of the Franklins, and Joseph Galloway, an early challenger to the Crown. They soon heard themselves denounced as traitors -- for not having betrayed the country where they grew up. Native Americans and the enslaved were also forced to choose sides as civil war broke out around them. After the
Revolution
, the
Patriots
were cast as heroes and founding fathers while the
Loyalists
were relegated to bit parts best forgotten. Our First Civil War reminds us that before America could win its
revolution
against Britain, the
Patriots
had to win a bitter civil war against family, neighbors, and friends."--Publisher.
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