{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-american-revolution-how-common-people-shaped-the-fight-for-independence-paperback","title":"A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Raphael\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read.\" --Howard Zinn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterial \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e as \"relentlessly aggressive and unsentimental.\" With impeccable skill, Raphael presented a wide array of fascinating scholarship within a single volume, employing a bottom-up approach that has served as a revelation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA People's History of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e draws upon diaries, personal letters, and other Revolutionary-era treasures, weaving a thrilling \"you are there\" narrative--\"a tapestry that uses individual experiences to illustrate the larger stories\". Raphael shifts the focus away from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to the slaves they owned, the Indians they displaced, and the men and boys who did the fighting (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This \"remarkable perspective on a familiar part of American history\" helps us appreciate more fully the incredible diversity of the American Revolution (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Through letters, diaries, and other accounts, Raphael shows these individuals--white women and men of the farming and laboring classes, free and enslaved African Americans, Native Americans, loyalists, and religious pacifists--acting for or against the Revolution and enduring a war that compounded the difficulties of everyday life.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A tour de force . . . Ray Raphael has probably altered the way in which future historians will see events.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Raphael\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eThe First American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFounding Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFounders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of 74\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Marie Raphael), all published by The New Press. He lives in Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978535862573,"sku":"9781620971833","price":41.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z09iVDVHVXBWUTM2aEFLMzJJZ0lTQT09.webp?v=1775805688","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-american-revolution-how-common-people-shaped-the-fight-for-independence-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}