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Author Brands, H. W.

Title OUR FIRST CIVIL WAR : PATRIOTS AND LOYALISTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / H.W. Brands.

Edition First large print edition.
Publication Info. New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2167032~S1
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 95th Street Adult Large Type Nonfiction-NEW  973.311 BRA    AVAILABLE
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Description 819 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-770) and index.
Contents Prologue -- Seeds of doubt -- When the winds blow -- So widely different -- Can a virtuous man hesitate? -- Rebellion to tyrants -- A scene of horror and distress -- Malignant faction -- Lawrence Growden's daughter -- Treason of the deepest dye -- Up goes Huddy -- Never a good war.
Summary Historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and riveting narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the British, but also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist and Patriot.
Subject Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
American loyalists.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
Genre Large type books.
Added Title Our 1st civil war
Patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution
ISBN 9780593460023
0593460022
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