Revolution Song
The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives
4 January 2019
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
“An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.” —Chicago Tribune
At a time when America’s founding principles are being debated as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. In Revolution Song, Shorto weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. The result is a brilliant defence of American values with a compelling message: the American Revolution is still being fought today, and its ideals are worth defending.
Reviews
"The intertwined stories of Revolution Song give a sense of how far-reaching a phenomenon the War of Independence was. It leaves to readers the pleasure of judging what each of the figures in the book—or perhaps the combination of them all—contributed to an event that changed the world." — The New York Times Book Review
Awards
Shortlisted — George Washington Book Prize, 2019
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