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02843aam a2200361 i 4500 001 3E73CF9AE6C411EBA595FBEE35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210717010007 008 151007s2015 nyuaa 000 0deng 010 $a 2015030598 020 $a 1634503600 020 $a 9781634503600 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E296 $b .R68 2015 082 00 $2 23 $a 973.3/1 084 $2 bisacsh $a HIS036030 100 1 $a Rowland, Tim, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Strange and obscure stories of the Revolutionary War $c by Tim Rowland. $h Book 250 $a pbk 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c 2015 300 $a 177 pages $b illustrations $c 21 cm 520 $a "Historical stories from the Revolutionary War that you didn't learn in school! "-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "We all know about Washington's crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross's stitching together the Stars and Stripes, but how about a little-known, valid reason for the war itself and why General George was able to survive a plague that wiped out many of his fellow countrymen? History buff and sleuth Tim Rowland provides an entertaining look at happenings during and surrounding the Revolutionary War that you won't find in history books. He digs into the war's major events and reveals the unknown, bizarre, and often wildly amusing things the participants were doing while breaking away from Great Britain. For example, conventional wisdom says that "no taxation without representation" was an important reason for the revolution, but not in the way we've been told. Colonists paid the wages of common-court judges, who were reluctant to rule against the men who paid their salaries. Therefore, duties on molasses (the key ingredient in rum) were generally unenforced until the British cut the tariff in half. Strange but true, the spark that touched off the revolution was in fact a tax cut. During the French and Indian War and then again in the first year of the revolution, the British were accused of biological warfare, infecting blankets with smallpox and then concealing them in Indian camps. So feared was the disease that soldiers began to illegally inoculate themselves before widespread vaccination was finally ordered for the army"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Curiosities and wonders $v Anecdotes. $x History $y 19th century $z United States 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. $x Campaigns $x Campaigns 941 $a 2 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111013531.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223010438.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E73CF9AE6C411EBA595FBEE35ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search