| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
xv, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Over the sea: the family divided -- Beginnings -- Fathers and children -- Men of moderation -- The Quincys and the first trials -- The Stamp Act and the Sons of Liberty -- Personal and public trials 1768 and 1769 -- The soldiers' trial: brother against brother -- Battling the doldrums -- No tempest in a teapot -- Divisions hit home -- Partings: two ocean voyages and a death -- Parting ways -- The horsemen of the apocalypse arrive -- Strangers in a strange new land -- Home fires -- An unexpected turning point: 1777 -- The beginning of the end -- Casualties -- Third time lucky: Yorktown and peace -- When the guns went silent -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
The author traces the origins and experience of division during the American Revolution--political disagreements, intolerance, intimidation and mob violence, revealing the hidden cost of the war to families and dear friends split along party lines. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 241-259) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Adams family.
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Quincy family.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Informational works.
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| Added Title |
Adams, the Quincys, and the battle for loyalty in the American Revolution |
| ISBN |
9781639364756 (hardcover) |
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1639364757 (hardcover) |
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