Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

by Joseph J. Ellis

Book Overview

A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307701220
• ISBN13: 9780307701220
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"