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The Brave Bostonians: Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin, and the Coming of the American Revolution
(Hardcover, 1998)
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Author: Philip McFarland
A history of the early days of the American Revolution in Boston. Relying on accounts published in B...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0813334403
ISBN-13: 9780813334400
Apr 1998
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
286 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
A history of the early days of the American Revolution in Boston. Relying on accounts published in Boston newspapers and journals from 1774 to 1775, the author reconstructs the local sentiments that enabled Boston to lead the movement towards a complete break with Great Britain.
| Size | | Length: | 286 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
This lively reconstruction of the political crisis in Boston in 1774-75 rests on the papers of the three men named in the subtitle. All were native sons of Massachusetts, and when the political temperature rose because of the Boston Tea Party, Hutchison was the royal governor, Franklin the American agent in England, and Josiah Quincy a radical member of the proto-party of revolt, the Committee of Correspondence. . . . The author systematically quotes them directly, tangibly linking their words with the look of the land, the shine of the furniture, and the fevered temper of the times. In late 1774, all three were in London, pouring advice into the ears of Whitehall pooh-bahs about the likelihood of reconciliation between colony and mother country. History records the results of their maneuverings, but McFarland's appealing reconstruction endows these events with a you-are-there immediacy.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Taylor
Relying heavily on Hutchinson's and Quincy's diaries and on Franklin's writings, McFarland describes how each man viewed the disturbances. Hutchinson argued that few colonists supported the rebels and that a firmer hand would end the revolt. Franklin and Quincy were diametrically opposed to this view, but George III and Lord North preferred to believe Hutchinson. Though tedious, this work nevertheless provides insight into the events leading to the American Revolution. Scholars and informed lay readers may find value in this flawed study.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Hedlund
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