Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution Holton, Woody

Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution Holton, Woody

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Format: Hardcover, Deckle Edge

A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer
Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders
were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African
Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness
records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer
Prize–winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that
explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other
Americans whose passion for freedom often brought them into conflict with the
Founding Fathers. “It is all one story,” prizewinning historian Woody Holton
writes. Holton describes the origins and crucial battles of the Revolution
from Lexington and Concord to the British surrender at Yorktown, always
focusing on marginalized Americans—enslaved Africans and African Americans,
Native Americans, women, and dissenters—and on overlooked factors such as
weather, North America’s unique geography, chance, misperception, attempts to
manipulate public opinion, and (most of all) disease. Thousands of enslaved
Americans exploited the chaos of war to obtain their own freedom, while others
were given away as enlistment bounties to whites. Women provided material
support for the troops, sewing clothes for soldiers and in some cases taking
part in the fighting. Both sides courted native people and mimicked their
tactics. Liberty Is Sweet is a “must-read book for understanding the founding
of our nation” (Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin), from its
origins on the frontiers and in the Atlantic ports to the creation of the
Constitution. Offering surprises at every turn—for example, Holton makes a
convincing case that Britain never had a chance of winning the war—this
majestic history revivifies a story we thought we already knew.

Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (October 19, 2021)


• Language ‏ : ‎ English


• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 800 pages


• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1476750378


• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 78


• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds


• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches


• Best Sellers Rank: #244,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #522 in U.S. Revolution & Founding History #885 in Women in History #1,628 in American Military History


• #522 in U.S. Revolution & Founding History

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