What They Didn't Teach You About the American

What made the founding fathers so great (Or were they?). And don't forget the founding mothers. We have intrigue and skulduggery with spies from Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, including enlightening stops on the distaff side of espionage for Patience Wright, Lydia Darragh, and Ann Bates.

Mike Wright an Emmy-winning television writer, lives in Chicago

Acknowledgments

viii

Chronology

ix

Introduction

xii

Prelude to Independence: Revolution, Dogma, and Stamps

1

(35)

Founding Fathers, Part One: A Farmer, a Lawyer, and a Sage

36

(49)

Founding Fathers, Part Two: Best Actors in Supporting Roles

85

(70)

Benedict the Bold: Arnold the Traitor

155

(17)

G. Washington: The Myth Who Would Be Man

172

(8)

Founding Mothers: Hear Them Roar

180

(17)

Rag-Tag and Bob-Tail: If It Moves, Salute It

197

(10)

Tea Parties and Rude Bridges: Little Things That Mean A Lot

207

(24)

Who, What, and Where: Big, Bigger, and Not So Big

231

(4)

Revolutionary Potpourri: Bits of This and That

235

(24)

Rituals of Life: History with the Bark on

259

(10)

And the Winner Is?: The Trenches of Yorktown

269

(15)

The Constitution: ``We the People''

284

(7)

The Sting of Death: Final Acts, Final Honors

291

(30)

Epilogue: Personal Thoughts on the American Revolution

321

(3)

Bibliography

324

(11)

Index

335

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What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution

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