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The Minutemen and Their World
About this book
The Bancroft Prizeâwinning classic of American history now in a revised and expanded edition with a new preface and afterword by the author.
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The "shot heard round the world" catapulted this sleepy New England town into the height of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The townâfuture home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorneâsoon came to symbolize devotion to liberty, intellectual freedom, and the stubborn integrity of rural life.
In The Minutemen and Their World, Robert A. Gross has written a remarkably subtle and detailed reconstruction of the lives and community of this special place, and a compelling interpretation of the American Revolution as a social movement.
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The "shot heard round the world" catapulted this sleepy New England town into the height of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The townâfuture home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorneâsoon came to symbolize devotion to liberty, intellectual freedom, and the stubborn integrity of rural life.
In The Minutemen and Their World, Robert A. Gross has written a remarkably subtle and detailed reconstruction of the lives and community of this special place, and a compelling interpretation of the American Revolution as a social movement.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition by Alan Taylor
- Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Prologue: Winter Soldiers and Springtime Farmers
- 1. âDo Not Be Divided for So Small Mattersâ
- 2. The Reluctant Revolutionaries
- 3. A Well-Ordered Revolution
- 4. A World of Scarcity
- 5. âThe Regulars Are Coming Out!â
- 6. âThis Bleeding Landâ
- 7. A Bridge to the Future
- Afterword to the Revised and Expanded Edition: Minutemen Revisited
- Notes
- Index
- Also by Robert A. Gross
- Praise for The Minutemen and Their World
- A Note About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright