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©2026
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xiv, 603 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color portraits ; 24 cm
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"The opening scene of the Revolution" -- Parliament debates the Stamp Act -- Mob violence comes to Boston -- John Adams waxes prophetic -- The Stamp Act takes effect -- The Stamp Act repealed, etc. -- The Townshend Acts -- The Liberty Affair -- On the road to bloodshed -- The first death of the Revolution -- The Boston Massacre -- John Adams takes the case -- "The destruction of the tea" -- Franklin enters the cockpit -- The Intolerable Acts -- The First Continental Congress -- The culture war -- "Give me liberty of give me death!" -- Paul Revere's ride -- Lexington and Concord -- The war is begun -- Now what? -- The Battle of Bunker Hill -- Washington takes command -- Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" -- "The birthday of a New World" -- Just before the Declaration -- John Adams pushes for independence -- July 4, 1776 -- The Battle of Brooklyn -- Fighting on in New York -- The life and death of Nathan Hale -- The crossing of the Delaware -- The Battles at Assunpink Bridge and Princeton -- The path to Saratoga -- General Howe takes Philadelphia -- Saratoga! -- The winter at Valley Forge -- The Meschianza -- Benedict Arnold in Philadelphia -- The war moves south -- The tragedy of Benedict Arnold -- The road to Yorktown -- "The world turned upside down" -- Epilogue: What is the meaning of America?
"'Once upon a time there was a revolution.' There's never been a nation like the United States of America. It's impossible to imagine the world without it -- but do you know the wild and true story of how it came into existence? On our 250th anniversary, the hunger for America's story has never been greater. With the passion, erudition, and irrepressible wit that have become his signature, Metaxas's Revolution brings the epic of America's birth to life so fully that you will feel you are a part of the story, which is precisely the point. By turns deeply moving, gripping, and spectacularly entertaining, these are the stories every American must know, including some of history's noblest heroes -- and some despicable villains." --