Description
Book SynopsisTraces Staten Island's political sympathies in the American Revolution to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change.
Trade Review"Papas has done us a service by revealing the anguish and monumental stresses of the American Revolution" * American Historical Review *
"In his crisp That Ever Loyal Island, Papas explores the experiences of the inhabitants of Staten Island during the Revolutionary War to explain why many of them sided with the British instead of joining the American revolutionaries or remaining neutral." * Journal of American History *
"Is not only a micro-history, it provides lessons in the winningand keepingthe & hearts and minds of a local civilian population.
* On Point *
"A beautifully written, richly descriptive, and thoroughly-researched account of the importance of Staten Island in the American Revolution. This is an important book, demonstrating that a close examination and analysis of local politics, economics, and social structure can hold the key to understanding national history." -- Carol Berkin,author of Revolutionary Mothers
"An excellent booksuccinct yet deeply researched, well written and filled with telling bits of evidence worked smoothly into an interpretive narrative. An insightful, important study." -- Robert Calhoon,author of The Loyalists in Revolutionary America, 1760-1781
"This is an admirable historythoroughly researched, clearly written, and persuasively argued. It adds significantly to what we have known about the identity of Loyalists and the intensity of the hostility that they faced during the Revolutionary War in the middle colonies.
* The Journal of Military History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1 The Crossroads of the Middle Colonies: The People, Society, and Environment of Staten Island 2 "An Unfriendly Disposition Towards the Liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the Colonial Resistance Movement 3 "As the Tempest Approaches": Staten Island and the Whig Defense of New York City 4 "Our Inveterate Enemies": Staten Islanders and the Arrival of the British Fleet at New York 5 The Price of Loyalty Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
