Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution

637 pp. "George Washington. John Adams. Samuel Adams. Ben Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry. John Hancock. Paul Revere. They were heroes, revolutionaries who risked everything.... In this scrupulously researched narrative history A.J. Langguth brings them alive with vivid portraiture and actual dialogue from their letters and speeches." Front and rear endpapers illustrated with maps of various battles: The Revolutionary War in the North; The Rides of Paul Revere, Dawes and Prescott on the Way to Concord; New York Captured by Howe; Breed's Hill; Battle of Trenton; Battle of Princeton; Siege of Yorktown and British Surrender; The Revolutionary War in the South and the Siege of Yorktown. Black and white illustrations included.