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Boston's Massacre (Paperback)
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George Washington Prize Finalist Winner of the Society of the
Cincinnati Prize "Fascinating... Hinderaker's meticulous research
shows that the Boston Massacre was contested from the beginning...
[Its] meanings have plenty to tell us about America's identity,
past and present." -Wall Street Journal On the night of March 5,
1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd gathered in front of
Boston's Custom House, killing five people. Denounced as an act of
unprovoked violence and villainy, the event that came to be known
as the Boston Massacre is one of the most famous and least
understood incidents in American history. Eric Hinderaker revisits
this dramatic confrontation, examining in forensic detail the facts
of that fateful night, the competing narratives that molded public
perceptions at the time, and the long campaign to transform the
tragedy into a touchstone of American identity. "Hinderaker
brilliantly unpacks the creation of competing narratives around a
traumatic and confusing episode of violence. With deft insight,
careful research, and lucid writing, he shows how the bloodshed in
one Boston street became pivotal to making and remembering a
revolution that created a nation." -Alan Taylor, author of American
Revolutions "Seldom does a book appear that compels its readers to
rethink a signal event in American history. It's even rarer...to
accomplish so formidable a feat in prose of sparkling clarity and
grace. Boston's Massacre is a gem." -Fred Anderson, author of
Crucible of War
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