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Ã2016., Adult, W. W. Norton & Company Call No: 973.3 T238a Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fueled by local conditions, destructive, hard to quell. Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. Brutal guerrilla violence flared all along the frontier from New York to the Carolinas, fed by internal divisions as well as the clash with Britain. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power. With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sought to restrain unruly state democracies and consolidate power in a Federal Constitution.
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1956., Doubleday Call No: 971.02 R981c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Canadian history series Volume: v. 2
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-- Salem, 16922015., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: Bio W819s Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. The Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic. Psychologically thrilling and historically seminal, this is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story -- the first great American mystery unveiled fully by one of our most acclaimed historians. Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry; and Cleopatra: A Life. She lives in New York City"--Provided by publisher.
