{"product_id":"prelude-to-revolution-9781421410067","title":"Prelude to Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent overview of the field.-Journal of Legal History, reviewing Law and People in Colonial America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoffer's engaging prose, clear argument, and varied use of cultural sources, such as poems and songs, make this book accessible and interesting to a broad audience... Prelude to Revolution is a fine study written primarily for a popular audience by a prolific scholar who adeptly restores the Salem Gunpowder Raid to its rightful place in the history of the American Revolution. -- Daniel S. Soucier New England Quarterly Prelude to Revolution is a well-told story that deserves to be read. Although it is written for an undergraduate audience, graduate students and the public would also profit from and enjoy this work. As Hoffer walks the reader through the event and how is was remembered and then forgotten, he reveals something of the practice of the historian's craft, even as he resurrects a dimly-remembered event. -- Ricardo A. Herrera History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e1. The Most Loyal Town in the Province\u003cbr\u003e2. Spies Like Us\u003cbr\u003e3. Leslie's Retreat\u003cbr\u003e4. Intended and Unintended Consequences\u003cbr\u003e5. Memorial Exercises\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSuggested Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529527533911,"sku":"9781421410067","price":25.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421410067.jpg?v=1731875963","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/prelude-to-revolution-9781421410067","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}