Bibliograph

Hurricane of independence, the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution, Tony Williams

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Hurricane of independence, the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution, Tony Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-283) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hurricane of independence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

224442531

Responsibility statement

Tony Williams

Sub title

the untold story of the deadly storm at the deciding moment of the American Revolution

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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