Description
The sleeper history hit of 2008, released in paperback to coincide with the heart of hurricane season
On September 2, 1775, the eighth deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time landed on American shores. Over the next days, it would race up the East Coast, striking all of the important colonial capitols and killing more than four thousand people. In an era when hurricanes were viewed as omens from God, what this storm signified to the colonists about the justness of their cause would yield unexpected results.
Drawing on ordinary individuals and well-known founders like Washington and Franklin, Tony Williams paints a stunning picture of life at the dawn of the American Revolution, and of the weighty choice people faced at that deciding moment.
Hurricane of Independence brings to life an incredible time when the forces of nature and the forces of history joined together to produce courageous stories of sacrifice, strength, and survival.
Author: Tony Williams
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.07w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9781402221231
ISBN10: 1402221231
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Nature | Natural Disasters
About the Author
Tony Williams taught history and literature for ten years and has a master's in American History from Ohio State University. He is currently a full-time author who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife and children.