The Unknown American Revolution
Book description
In this audacious recasting of the American Revolution, distinguished historian Gary Nash offers a profound new way of thinking about the struggle to create this country, introducing readers to a coalition of patriots from all classes and races of American society. From millennialist preachers to enslaved Africans, disgruntled women to…
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1 author picked The Unknown American Revolution as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The story of the mostly urban radicals – the unknowns -- who began the Revolution, and how they and their democratic passions were gradually but inevitably “tamed” to create a Constitution and a governable country.
From Tom's list on lesser-known figures in the American Revolution and early years.
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