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The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
“Carefully researched and lovingly written, Rinaldi’s latest presents a girl indentured to John and Abigail Adams during the tense period surrounding the 1770 Massacre. . . . Fortuitously ...timed, a novel that illuminates a moment from our past that has strong parallels to recent events. Bibliography.”—Kirkus ReviewsChildren's LiteratureSeveral years ago Ann Rinaldi became my favorite historical fiction writer because of her devotion to exploring the depths of female emotion while viewing history through the quandaries obscured by time. In The Fifth of March, she writes about fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, John Adam's indentured servant in Boston in the 1770s. Rachel becomes friends with a British soldier and she's caught between loyalty to America and to friendship. Everything comes to a head on March 5th at the Boston Massacre when Rachel's friend shoots a Bostonian. She is torn apart by her loyalties to the Adams family, her burgeoning sense of Americanism, and her bonds of true friendship. The book is part of the Great Episodes series.
A Catch of Consequence
Makepeace Burke, fishing one early morning in Boston Harbor, finds herself rescuing an English aristocrat who's been set on by a Patriot mob and dumped in the harbor to drown. Though Makepeace is a st...aunch Patriot herself and scorns the Englishman, the mob soon turns on her because of her act of charity, placing her life in peril. When the Englishman offers her a lifeline, there seems no other course for Makepeace. Her journey with him across the Atlantic will change her life...Nola Theiss - KLIATTWritten in the style of the 18th century, this novel captures the tension between the colonies and England in the characters of Makepeace Burke and Lord Dapifer. Burke is an unconventional woman for her time period, a tavern keeper on the Boston waterfront in 1765. When she rescues a drowning British lord and takes him back to the tavern to nurse him, she runs afoul of the American revolutionaries. Out of gratitude that turns into love, Dapifer takes her to his ancestral home and she becomes the second Lady Dapifer on the trip to England. Unfortunately, the first Lady Dapifer does not recognize her divorce and causes great trouble. How that trouble is resolved and how Makepeace finds her place in the world comprise the pivotal emphasis of the novel. Personal, national and international conflicts abound in this historical fiction as do interesting characters of the time; some, like Sam Adams, well known and others not. The story is told with an air of authenticity, making this novel more than a history lesson, though there is history to be learned in its plot, and lessons to be learned in its history. KLIATT Codes: SA;Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2002, Berkley, 386p.,
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution
George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his ...longevity and the historical mood of the 1830's. When the Tea Party became a leading symbol of the Revolutionary ear fifty years after the actual event, this 'common man' in his nineties was 'discovered' and celebrated in Boston as a national hero. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights about the role that individual and collective memory play in shaping our understanding of history. Library Journal This brief volume manages to be two books in one: the biography of a minor figure in the American Revolution and an essay on America's collective memory of the Revolutionary era. The shoemaker in question is George Robert Twelves Hewes, who participated in the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and other events of the rebellion. In 1835, the virtually forgotten Hewes was invited to Boston as one of the last surviving members of the Tea Party. Based on scattered archival materials, obscure printed works, and interviews with Hewes's descendants, this book offers a fascinating peek into the life of a poor man who got caught up in revolutionary fervor. Young, a senior research fellow at Chicago's Newbury Library and the author or editor of numerous books on the Revolutionary era, also presents an intriguing account of how events become "special" to a nation. The famous Tea Party, for example, was not so famous and was not even called a "tea party" until over a half-century after it occurred. Recommended for most public and academic libraries.--Thomas J. Schaeper, St. Bonaventure Univ., NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)
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¿Qué fue el Motín del Té?
Describes The Boston Tea Party, Including The Events Leading Up To The Party, Its Immediate Effects On American-british Relations, And Why It Is Still An Important Event Today.
The Tea Chest
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An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
A British-perspective Chronicle Of The Boston Tea Party And Other Events That Led Up To The American Revolution Traces Three Years Of Volatile Politics, Personalities And Economics On Both Sides Of Th...e Conflict. Drawing On Careful Study Of Primary Sources From Britain And The United States, This New Account Of The Boston Tea Party And The Origins Of The American Revolution Shows How A Lethal Blend Of Politics, Personalities, And Economics Led To A War That Few Welcomed But Nobody Could Prevent. British Author Nick Bunker Tells The Story Of The Last Three Years Of Mutual Embitterment That Preceded The Outbreak Of America's War For Independence, Also Shedding New Light On The Roles Of Such Familiar Characters As Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, And Thomas Hutchinson. It Was A Tragedy Of Errors, In Which Both Sides Shared Responsibility: The British And The Colonists Failed To See How Swiftly They Were Drifting Toward Violence Until The Process Had Gone Beyond The Point Of No Return. By The Early 1770s, Great Britain Had Become Addicted To Financial Speculation, Led By A Political Elite Increasingly Baffled By A Changing World. When The East India Company Came Close To Collapse, It Patched Together A Rescue Plan Whose Disastrous Side Effect Was The Destruction Of Some Tea. With Lawyers In London Calling The Tea Party Treason, The British Opted For Punitive Reprisals Without Foreseeing The Resistance They Would Arouse, While Americans Underestimated Britain's Determination Not To Give Way. By The Summer Of 1774, The Descent Into War Had Become Irreversible.--from Publisher Description. Prologue. The Finest Country In The World -- The Old Régime -- Pt. 1. The Empire Of Speculation. The Tiger's Mouth -- This Dark Affair: The Gaspée Incident -- A Bankrupt Age -- The Unhappiness Of Lord North -- Ignorance And Bad Policy -- Pt. 2. The Sending Of The Tea. The East India Crisis -- Whigs, West Indians And Thomas Hutchinson -- Massachusetts On The Eve -- The Boston Tea Party: Prelude -- The Boston Tea Party: Climax -- Pt. 3. Down The Slope. The Cabinet In Winter -- Boston Must Be Destroyed -- The Revolution Begins -- An Election In Arcadia -- The Arming Of America -- The Fatal Dispatch -- Epilogue. The Noble Dead. Nick Bunker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
History Bytes: 37 People, Places, and Events that Shaped American History
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American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution
Rally, Mohawks! -- The Saints Of Boston -- Mr. Cockle : The Governor's Creature -- The Miserable State Of Tributary Slaves -- Flockwork From England -- The Flame Is Spread -- A Diabolical Scene -- A B...lackguard Town -- Farewell The Tea-board -- Damn You! Fire! -- Let Every Man Do What Is Right! -- We Will Never Be Taxed! -- We Must Fight! -- Savage Barbarities And Diabolical Cruelties -- The Forgotten Patriots. Harlow Giles Unger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-274) And Index.
The Patriot
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