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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart ofthe Sea and Mayflower, brings his prodigious talents to the storyof the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution.
Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troopsafter a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range fromsober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party,British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, whenviolence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June,however, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockadeand Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way tooutright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be thebloodiest battle of the Revolution to come, and the point of noreturn for the rebellious colonists.
Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troopsafter a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range fromsober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party,British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, whenviolence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June,however, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockadeand Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way tooutright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be thebloodiest battle of the Revolution to come, and the point of noreturn for the rebellious colonists.