Declaring independence why 1776 matters
On the 250th anniversary of American independence, with the history of our founding a political battleground, this study of the ideas and battlefield sacrifices of 1776 by a Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar could not be more timely.
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New York :
W.W. Norton and Company,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- The meaning of 1776
- New Year's Day 1776
- Launching a year of common sense
- Early spring
- Planting season for independence
- Midsummer's dream of independence
- A late summer war of posts
- Autumn initiatives
- Winter crossings
- Looking back on 1776
- notes
- index.
