Continental Achievement Roman Catholics in the United States-- Revolution and the Early Republic

In this second volume of acclaimed historian Kevin Starr's masterful work on Catholics in America, he picks up where he left off in his Continental Ambitions, which traced the stirrings of independence among the colonists of New England.

Starr shows how Catholics participated in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. He then traces the establishment of the first Catholic dioceses in the new republic. In his captivating style, Starr dramatizes the representative personalities in this formative period.

Kevin Starr had a BA from the University of San Francisco, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Additionally, he had a Master of Library Science from UC Berkeley and served as both the City Librarian of San Francisco and the State Librarian for California. He was a Professor History at the University of Southern California, where he directed the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. Starr's many articles and books, including his Americans and the California Dream series, earned him multiple fellowships, awards, and honorary degrees. 

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