The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution" former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent.
With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation.
Related Subjects
HistoryCustomer Reviews
The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 Mentions in Our Blog
In honor of Independence Day, we offer a roundup of ten revelatory reads about the brutal, eight-year war that transformed a scrappy, young nation into the United States of America.
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
