American Tempest: The Heroes And Villains Of The Boston Tea Party
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On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many dressed as Indians, dumped roughly ?10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two-and-a-half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities as tea parties erupted up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of their homes and property, and nearly 100,000 left forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of "magnificent," saying that "it must have important consequences." Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence--the spawning of a new, independent nation.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0306819627
ISBN13:9780306819629
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.16 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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Beware… Biases abound
Published by MidnightRider1775 , 1 year ago
While the core of Unger’s work here is decent, his personal bias against Samuel Adams is quite disdainful when it comes to how historical narrative should be written. While I recognize we all have those we appreciate more than others, this kind of writing cannot be done from that perspective and in that sense Unger fails quite miserably in this work. He also seems to under appreciate economic boycotting prior to the 1773 Tea Party and one could argue that the seeds of revolution were sewn long before December 16, 1773.
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