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ReviewsTo a far greater extent than is true of most historical monographs, it is a work of art. . . . No student of early American history should miss it.-- Journal of Southern History, It is a work of art. . . . No student of early American history should miss it. Journal of Southern History, "Represents a quantum leap in our understanding of the Revolution. . . . [The book] is social history, intellectual history, institutional history, political history, and not any single one of them, which is to say that it is good history."--Edmund S. Morgan, New Republic, Represents a quantum leap in our understanding of the Revolution. . . . [The book] is social history, intellectual history, institutional history, political history, and not any single one of them, which is to say that it is good history."--Edmund S. Morgan, New Republic, "To a far greater extent than is true of most historical monographs, it is a work of art. . . . No student of early American history should miss it."-- Journal of Southern History, To a far greater extent than is true of most historical monographs, it is a work of art. . . . No student of early American history should miss it."-- Journal of Southern History, Represents a quantum leap in our understanding of the Revolution. . . . [The book] is social history, intellectual history, institutional history, political history, and not any single one of them, which is to say that it is good history.--Edmund S. Morgan, New Republic, It is a work of art. . . . No student of early American history should miss it.Journal of Southern History
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisIn this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980., This text explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. The author aims to present a portrait of how individuals and the populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications.