Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was

Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News
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"This is 'you are there' history at its best...[Reporting the Revolutionary War] lets us see and feel how events unfolded for the people who lived them."â€•American History

For the colonists of the new world, the years of the American Revolution were a time of upheaval and rebellion. History boils it down to a few key events and has embodied it with a handful of legendary personalities. But the reality of the time was that everyday people witnessed thousands of little moments blaze into an epic conflict-for more than twenty years. Now, for the first time, experience the sparks of revolution the way the colonists didâ€•in their very own town newspapers and broadsheets. Reporting the Revolutionary War is a stunning collection of primary sources, sprinkled with modern analysis from 37 historians. Featuring Patriot and Loyalist eyewitness accounts from newspapers printed on both sides of the Atlantic, readers will experience the revolution as it happened with the same immediacy and uncertainty of the colonists.

The American newspapers of the eighteenth century fanned the flames of rebellion, igniting the ideas of patriotism and liberty among average citizens who had never before been so strongly united. Within the papers, you'll also read the private correspondence and battlefield letters of the rebels and patriots who grabbed the attention of each and every colonist and pushed them to fight for freedom and change. From one of America's leading Revolutionary War newspaper archivists, Todd Andrlik, and guided by scores of historians and experts, Reporting the Revolutionary War brings you into the homes of Americans and lets you see through their eyes the tinderbox of war as it explodes.

"The story of the battle for independence unlike any version that has been told." â€•Military Review
Country USA
Brand Sourcebooks, Inc.
Manufacturer Sourcebooks Inc
Binding Hardcover
UPCs 760789237652
EANs 9781402269677
ReleaseDate 2012-11-01

Country	USA
Brand	Sourcebooks, Inc.
Manufacturer	Sourcebooks Inc
Binding	Hardcover
UPCs	760789237652
EANs	9781402269677
ReleaseDate	2012-11-01

Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News

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