Book description
They did the dirty work of the American Revolution
Their spontaneous uprisings and violent actions steered America toward resistance to the Acts of Parliament and finally toward revolution. They tarred and feathered the backsides of British customs officials, gutted the mansion of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, armed themselves with marline…
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This story of brawny, boisterous working rebels spins the tale of the Revolution from the perspective of the oft-oppressed maritime population of Boston and neighboring ports.
These two-fisted sailors, fishermen, dockworkers, fugitive slaves, rope-spinners, and shipwrights were the first to take to the streets in the rebel cause. Their names, with the exception of the fiery Crispus Attucks, did not make the history texts but their impact was felt all the way to London.
Bourne gives us a chronicle so real you can smell the salty air and the tar as these angry patriots set out with tar and feathers.…
From Eliot's list on inside the hearts and minds of the American Revolution.
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