Tories Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War

Name: Tories Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War
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ISBN: 9780061241819

ISBN-10: 0061241814

ISBN-13: 9780061241819

Edition: 2011

Authors: Thomas B. Allen

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A Sweeping, Dramatic History of the Americans Who Chose to Side with the British in the Revolution The American Revolution was not simply a battle between independence-minded colonists and the oppressive British. As Thomas B. Allen reminds us, it was also a savage and often deeply personal civil war, in which conflicting visions of America pitted neighbor against neighbor and Patriot against Tory on the battlefield, the village green, and even in church. In this outstanding and vital history, Allen tells the complete story of these other Americans, tracing their lives and experiences throughout the revolutionary period. New York City and Philadelphia were Tory strongholds through much of…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

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Preface: "Little Less Than Savage Fury"



Two Flags over Plymouth



Arming the Tories



Flee or Fight



"To Subdue the Bad"



The War for Boston



Into the Fourteenth Colony



The Farewell Fleet



Beating the Southern Drums



"Broadswords and King George!"



War in the Loyal Province



Terror on the Neutral Ground



"Indians Must Be Employed"



Treason Along the Chesapeake



Vengeance in the Valleys



Seeking Southern Friends



Despair Before the Dawn



Bloody Days of Reckoning



And They Began the World Anew


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index