This book was a little "iffy," to me, to post. It's marked down "only" 67% from the digital list price. It's an exorbitant
$3.99 (exorbitant for this hyper-frugal person; I
hate posting books this expensive!).
What convinced me that I should post it is the fact that it has a stellar 4.8-star rating. And, according to ereaderiq.com, its price now is the lowest price that the ebook has ever had (although the book is fairly new, having been published in May, 2014).
So, without further ado (and, no, it's not "adieu," it is "ado"), here's the book.
American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution. By Walter R. Borneman. Rated 4.8, from 33 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $18.00; digital list(?) price $11.99; Kindle price
$3.99. Little, Brown and Company, publisher. 416 pages.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Sprin...+to+Revolution.
Book Description
A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals
When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army.
AMERICAN SPRING follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.
Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation.