RISE TO REBELLION (HARDCOVER)

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RISE TO REBELLION
by Jeff Shaara, 2001

Rise to Rebellion brings the American Revolution to life through the eyes of several of the most celebrated characters in American History.

In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command – “Fire!” – as England’s peacekeeping mission ignites the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to the tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted and abused the laws he holds sacred.

Yet a taut courtroom drama soon broadens into a stunning epic of war as King George III leads a reckless and corrupt government in London toward the escalating abuse of his colonies. Outraged by the increasing loss of their liberties, an extraordinary gathering of America’s most inspiring characters confronts the British presence with the ideals that will change history: John Adams, the idealistic attorney devoted to the law, who rises to greatness by the power of his words; Ben Franklin, one of the most celebrated men of his time, the elderly and audacious inventor and philosopher who endures firsthand the hostile prejudice of the British government; Thomas Gage, the British general given the impossible task of crushing a colonial rebellion without starting an all-out war; George Washington, the dashing Virginian whose battle experience in the French and Indian War brings him the recognition that elevates him to command of a colonial army; and many other immortal names from the Founding Family of the colonial struggle: Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Warren, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, Paul Revere, captured as never before in their full flesh-and-blood humanity.

Rise to Rebellion is a vivid account of history’s most pivotal event. The story reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters, ideas their ammunition, and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.