Independence : the struggle to set America free /: the struggle to set America free. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Ferling.
• Other Names: Ferling, John E
• Contents: "In the very midst of a revolution" : the proposal to declare independence -- "A spirit of riot and rebellion" : Lord North, Benjamin Franklin, and the American crisis -- "Defenders of American liberty" : Samuel Adams, Joseph Galloway, and the First Continental Congress -- "It is a bill of war. It draws the sword" : Lord Dartmouth, George Washington, hostilities -- "A rescript written in blood" : John Dickinson and the appeal of reconciliation -- "Progress must be slow" : John Adams and the politics of a divided Congress -- "The king will produce the grandest revolution" : George III and the American rebellion -- "The folly and madness of the ministry" : Charles James Fox, Thomas Paine, and the war -- "We might get ourselves upon dangerous ground" : James Wilson, Robert Morris, Lord Howe, and the search for peace -- "The fatal stab" : Abigail Adams and the realities of the struggle for independence -- "Not choice, but necessity that calls for independence" : the dilemma and strategy of Robert Livingston -- "The character of a fine writer" : Thomas Jefferson and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence -- "May Heaven prosper the new born republic" : Setting America free -- "This will cement the Union" : America is set free.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 434 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 973.3; History -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Politics and government; Statesmen; Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Regional & national history; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes; United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes; Great Britain; United States; United States -- History -- 1600-1775, Colonial period; United States -- Politics and government; United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy; United States -- History -- 1775-1783, Revolution -- Causes; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608193806; 1608193802
• Related ISBNs: 9781608190089; 1608190080
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-371) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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