Cradle of Violence How Boston's Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution

Name: Cradle of Violence How Boston's Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution
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ISBN: 9780471675518

ISBN-10: 0471675512

ISBN-13: 9780471675518

Edition: 2006

Authors: Russell Bourne

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When historians call Boston the "Cradle of Liberty," they usually credit Bostonians such as John Adams. But, as Russell Bourne argues in this fascinating book, it was not John Adams (who actually defended British soldiers in the aftermath of the 1770 Boston Massacre), but his cousin Sam Adams and the members of Boston's waterfront gangs who were at the vanguard of anti-British resistance. Bringing to life incidents such as the Stamp Act riots of 1765 and the Boston Tea Party of 1773, as well as many earlier actions that gave rise to the port's tradition of rebellion, Bourne shows how the language and actions of Boston's mobs became the template for America's revolution. Russell Bourne…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.48" wide x 9.28" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Russell Bourne is the author of several books on American and Native American history and has worked as an editor at American Heritage and the Smithsonian Institution. He is a member of the Institute for American Indian Studies and lives in Ithaca, New York, and Castine, Maine.



Preface: Boston's "Jack Tars" and the Birth of Rebellion



The Ancient Ideal of Seamen's Equality



The Maritime Origins of a Mutinous Town



The Seaport's First Revolt



The Rising of the Mobs



The South End Gang and the Stamp Act



The Sailors' Liberty Tree



Waterfront Uprisings before the Revolution



Tar, Feathers, and Terror



A Dockside Riot and the Massacre



The Maritime Workers' Tea Party



The Fighting Spirit of a Besieged Boston


Epilogue: "Public Liberty": An Enduring Dream


Acknowledgments, Sources, and Interpretations


Bibliography


Index