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Author:

Daughan, George C., author.

Title:

Lexington and Concord : the battle heard round the world / George C. Daughan.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.
Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.
United States--Causes.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
United States--Economic aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-327) and index.

Contents:

The final straw -- General Thomas Gage and George III -- Benjamin Franklin excoriated -- Britain closes the Port of Boston -- Declaring war on Massachusetts -- Support for Boston broadens -- Defiance escalates -- A deepening crisis -- The counties strike back -- His Majesty refuses to bend -- The Powder Alarm -- The colonies unite -- The Suffolk Resolves -- Congress completes its work -- Slaves -- The perverse effects of the Powder Alarm -- The march to war -- Chatham's opposition -- Lords North and Dartmouth secretly search for peace -- The decision for war -- Parliament votes for war -- The country people -- The country people find many supporters -- Tensions mount -- Still waiting -- Fateful orders -- Gage's decision -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Paul Revere -- The British march to Concord bogs down -- A massacre at Lexington -- The road to Concord -- The Concord fight -- The bloody road back to Lexington -- Lord Percy to the rescue -- A masterful retreat -- The siege of Boston: part one -- The siege: part two -- Earth-shattering news.

ISBN:

0393245748
9780393245745

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988276278

LCCN:

2017060269

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