Shoemaker and the Tea Party : Memory and the American Revolution
, by Young, Alfred F.; Young, Alfred- ISBN: 9780807054055 | 0807054054
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/17/2000
Honored in the 1830s for his participation in the Boston Tea Party, George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker, exemplified the role of the common man in the Revolution. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights of how memory shapes our understanding of history.