{"product_id":"the-minutemen-and-their-world-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"The Minutemen and Their World: (Revised and Expanded Edition) - 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\u003eRobert a. Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bancroft Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Minutemen and Their World\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1976, is reissued now in a revised and expanded edition with a new preface and afterword by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The \"shot heard round the world\" catapulted this sleepy New England town into the midst of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The town--future home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne--soon came to symbolize devotion to liberty, intellectual freedom, and the stubborn integrity of rural life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Minutemen and Their World\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert A. Gross has written a remarkably subtle and detailed reconstruction of the lives and community of this special place, and a compelling interpretation of the American Revolution as a social movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert A. Gross is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Professor of Early American History Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Minutemen and Their World\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), which won the Bancroft Prize; \u003ci\u003eBooks and Libraries in Thoreau's Concord \u003c\/i\u003e(1988); and \u003ci\u003eThe Transcendentalists and Their World\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). With Mary Kelley, he is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAn Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). A former assistant editor of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written for such periodicals as \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and his essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA revised edition of Gross's influential \u003ci\u003eThe Minutemen and Their World\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Picador in 2022 in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978525737261,"sku":"9781250822949","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/djBSTUhCZmVSRU9kdkEyUHpNaE41UT09.webp?v=1775805639","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-minutemen-and-their-world-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}