Hurricane of Independence is the fascinating untold story of the opening of the American Revolution amidst the devastation of a brutal storm.
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Hurricane of independence: the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution
2008, Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks, Incorporated
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1402219970 9781402219979
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Table of Contents
Prologue : the storm of revolution
Tempest brewing
Impending doom on the Outer Banks
First strike : the hurricane of independence roars ashore
Norfolk : an attack on both sides
Tobacco and gunpowder
Landon Carter : diarist and planter-philosopher of the Northern Neck
The streets of Annapolis
Lightning and enlightenment
The colonies unite in Philadelphia against British tyranny
The radical, the President, and the general in Philadelphia
Striking the Second Continental Congress
The heroic collegian : Hamilton in New York
Whither the hurricane of independence?
War erupts
General Washington battles the British and the weather
Fishing for cod during the summer in Newfoundland
The hurricane
Epilogue : the providential American victory.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-283) and index.
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