{"product_id":"the-american-revolution-an-intimate-history-hardcover","title":"The American Revolution: An Intimate History - Hardcover","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\u003eGeoffrey C. Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning historian and filmmakers of \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, \u003c\/i\u003eand others: a richly illustrated, human-centered history of America's founding struggle--expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.\" --Thomas Paine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired independence movements and democratic reforms around the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. In this sumptuous volume, historian Geoffrey C. Ward ably steers us through the international forces at play, telling the story not from the top down but from the bottom up--and through the eyes of not only our \"Founding Fathers\" but also those of ordinary soldiers, as well as underrepresented populations such as women, African Americans, Native Americans, and American Loyalists, asking who exactly was entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnriched by guest essays from lauded historians such as Vincent Brown, Maya Jasanoff, Jane Kamensky, and Alan Taylor, and by an astonishing array of prints, drawings, paintings, texts, and pamphlets from the time period, as well as newly commissioned art and maps--and woven together with the words of Thomas Paine-- \u003ci\u003eThe American Revolution \u003c\/i\u003ereveals a nation still grappling with the questions that fueled its remarkable founding.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGEOFFREY C. WARD, historian and screenwriter, is the author of twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eA First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written or cowritten many documentary films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War, The Civil War, Baseball, The War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe West, Mark Twain, Not for Ourselves Alone, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJazz. \u003c\/i\u003eKEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War, The Roosevelts, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe War, \u003c\/i\u003e founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two nominations for Academy Award. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 11.2 x 9.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978187866413,"sku":"9780525658672","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/1H90Cwswf9780525658672.webp?v=1775800914","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-american-revolution-an-intimate-history-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}