Patriots

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Simon and Schuster, Mar 15, 1989 - Biography & Autobiography - 637 pages
With meticulous research and page-turning suspense, Patriots brings to life the American Revolution—the battles, the treacheries, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom.

George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry—these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the final victory at Yorktown and the new Congress, Patriots vividly re-creates one of history's great eras.

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Contents

OTIS 176162
13
ADAMS 176263
29
RIOTS 1765
52
POLITICS 1765
66
HANCOCK 176568
83
OCCUPATION 176869
109
MASSACRE 1770
125
TRIAL 1770
142
JEFFERSON 177576
335
INDEPENDENCE 1776
352
LONG ISLAND 1776
366
NEW YORK 1776
386
TRENTON 1776
399
PRINCETON 177677
420
SARATOGA 1777
448
MONMOUTH 1778
473

TEA 177173
163
PORT ACT 1774
188
CONGRESS 177475
204
LEXINGTON 1775
224
ARNOLD 1775
255
BUNKER HILL 1775
271
WASHINGTON 1775
289
LEE 1775
314
PARIS 177879
488
YORKTOWN 1781
510
VICTORY 1781
526
FAREWELL 178183
542
Acknowledgments
564
Bibliography
608
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About the author (1989)

A. J. Langguth (1933–2014) was the author of eight books of nonfiction and three novels. After Lincoln marks his fourth book in a series that began in 1988 with Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution. He served as a Saigon bureau chief for the New York Times, after covering the Civil Rights movement for the newspaper. Langguth taught for three decades at the University of Southern California and retired in 2003 as emeritus professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.