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Synopsis
How a New England Port City Became the Site of the Revolution That Changed the History of the World In 1760, no one could imagine the American colonies revolting against Great Britain. The colonists were not hungry peasants groaning under the whip of a brute. They lived well. Land was cheap, wages were good, opportunities abounded. While many colonists had been in the New World for generations, they identified with Britain, and England was still “home.” Yet in the space of just fifteen years these sturdy bonds snapped. Boston—a town of just 16,000—lit the fire for American Independence. Brian Deming explains how and why in his lucid, lively, and deeply researched Boston and the Dawn of American Independence.
About the Author
BRIAN DEMING, a graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, was an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist in Michigan and Indiana. He is the author of a number of books, and now lives in Toronto where he works as a freelance editor.