Ask most Americans why their forefathers started the Revolution and they'll likely mention "no taxation without representation" or the belief in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights. But that's just the beginning, as historian Alan Axelrod so brilliantly shows in this fascinating examination of what really caused the breach across the Atlantic and how the revolutionary movement began. This brought something unique to the world: an entirely new kind of nation, founded on a set of ideas. In engrossing, conversational prose, Axelrod digs beneath the classically taught history to explore everything from little-known facts to alternate realities, along with the eyewitness testimony, popular culture and art of the period. From the seeds of dissent through the long fight to glorious victory, the full, astonishing story of America's revolution finally comes to light.
- ISBN10 1402740867
- ISBN13 9781402740862
- Publish Date 1 November 2007
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 5 December 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Sterling
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English