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Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution

byH.W. Brands

Brands comes a gripping, page-turning narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the British: it was also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist or Patriot. Using biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, Our First Civil War moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing Our First Civil War within biography & autobiography and history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment.

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

496

ISBN

9780385546515