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Book SynopsisThe best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read. Howard Zinn Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterial
A 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
