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The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read. Howard Zinn

Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterialA People's History of the American Revolutionwas hailed byNPR's Fresh Airas relentlessly aggressive and unsentimental. With impeccable skill, Raphael presented a wide array of fascinating scholarship within a single volume, employing a bottom-up approach that has served as a revelation.

A People's History of the American Revolutiondraws upon diaries, personal letters, and other Revolutionary-era treasures, weaving a thrilling you are there narrativea tapestry that uses individual experiences to illustrate the larger stories. Raphael shifts the focus away from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to the slaves they owned, the Indians they displaced, and the men and boys who did the fighting (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

This remarkable perspective on a familiar part of American history helps us

A Peoples History Of The American Revolution

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The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read. Howard Zinn Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterialA People's... Read more

    Publisher: The New Press
    Publication Date: 1/30/2017
    ISBN13: 9781620971833, 978-1620971833
    ISBN10: 1620971836

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read. Howard Zinn

    Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterialA People's History of the American Revolutionwas hailed byNPR's Fresh Airas relentlessly aggressive and unsentimental. With impeccable skill, Raphael presented a wide array of fascinating scholarship within a single volume, employing a bottom-up approach that has served as a revelation.

    A People's History of the American Revolutiondraws upon diaries, personal letters, and other Revolutionary-era treasures, weaving a thrilling you are there narrativea tapestry that uses individual experiences to illustrate the larger stories. Raphael shifts the focus away from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to the slaves they owned, the Indians they displaced, and the men and boys who did the fighting (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

    This remarkable perspective on a familiar part of American history helps us

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