Summary
Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, and author of the forthcoming Valiant Ambition (May 2016), brings his prodigious talents to the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution. Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British... Full description
- Part I: Liberty
- The city on the hill
- Poor unhappy Boston
- The long hot summer
- The alarm
- The unnatural contest
- Part II: Rebellion
- The trick to see it
- The bridge
- No business but that of war
- The redoubt
- The battle
- Part III: The siege
- The fiercest man
- The clap of thunder
- Epilogue: Character alone.