A "Washington Post" Notable Book
A "Kirkus Reviews" Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events
in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies
came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the
British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the
Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental
Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on
the run, improvising as history congealed around them.
In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines
the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin,
and Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He
weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides
of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced
outcomes on the other.
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