People's War by Noel Rae
The People's War is the story of one of history's great events, the American Revolutionary War, told almost entirely in the words of the soldiers who fought it and the civilians who endured it. Drawing on thousands of original sources--diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers, pension applications--Noel Rae has culled the most colorful and vivid passages and woven them into a vibrant, eyewitness narrative that takes us from the peaceful days before the Stamp Act, through all the war's major events, and ends with farewell accounts of what happened in later life to the people we have come to know along the way.Some of these figures, like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, and King George I, are familiar figures, but most were ordinary people, little known to history, but here briefly emerging from obscurity: a farm boy who ran away to sea at the age of twelve, a pretty young widow roughed up by Tory ruffians, and a slave who escaped to the British after witnessing his mother being flogged. These are but a few of those whose collective voices, drawn from all sides of the conflict, bring the Revolution truly to life--in a history at its most entertaining and authoritative, for who better qualified to tell what happened than the people who were there?
This extraordinary, vibrant compendium of the American experience stitches together hundreds of first-person accounts by ordinary as well as famous individuals..A useful reference and a great book for browsing. -Publisher's Weekly
Former executive director of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and editorial director of the Selected Reader Book, Rae has tapped the riches of the Library of Congress's vast holdings for this compilation of firsthand accounts of 300 years of life in America...[Rae's] decision to preserve the original spelling, punctuation, and capitalization...further contributes to the charm of the book. -Library Journal
This absolutely enthralling chronicle of the American experience from 1600 to 1900 features personal testaments from scores of both prominent and ordinary citizens. Culled from letters, diaries, sermons, court records, newspapers, and a variety of other sources, these firsthand accounts offer an intimate glimpse into the everyday lives of Americans struggling and prospering through succeeding decades and centuries. -Margaret Flanagan, Booklist
Former executive director of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and editorial director of the Selected Reader Book, Rae has tapped the riches of the Library of Congress's vast holdings for this compilation of firsthand accounts of 300 years of life in America...[Rae's] decision to preserve the original spelling, punctuation, and capitalization...further contributes to the charm of the book. -Library Journal
This absolutely enthralling chronicle of the American experience from 1600 to 1900 features personal testaments from scores of both prominent and ordinary citizens. Culled from letters, diaries, sermons, court records, newspapers, and a variety of other sources, these firsthand accounts offer an intimate glimpse into the everyday lives of Americans struggling and prospering through succeeding decades and centuries. -Margaret Flanagan, Booklist
Noel Rae graduated with honors in history from Oxford University. He is the author of Witnessing America: the Library of Congress Book of Firsthand Accounts of Life in America 1600–1900, which was #1 on the Washington Post's political bestseller list.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780762770700 |
| ISBN 10 | 0762770708 |
| Title | People's War |
| Author | Noel Rae |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2011-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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