| The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson Contributor(s): Bailyn, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674641612 ISBN-13: 9780674641617 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1976 Annotation: "This book," Mr. Bailyn writes, "depicts the fortunes of a conservative in a time of radical upheaval and deals with problems of public disorder and ideological commitment." It is at the same time a dramatic account of the origins of the American Revolution from the viewpoint, not of the winners who became the Founding Fathers, but of the losers, the Loyalists. By portraying the ordeal of the last civilian royal governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Bailyn explains "what the human reality was against which the victors struggled" and in doing so makes the story of the Revolution fuller and more comprehensible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 73076379 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.04" W x 9.26" (1.36 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This book," Bernard Bailyn writes, "depicts the fortunes of a conservative in a time of radical upheaval and deals with problems of public disorder and ideological commitment." It is at the same time a dramatic account of the origins of the American Revolution from the viewpoint, not of the winners who became the Founding Fathers, but of the losers, the Loyalists. By portraying the ordeal of the last civilian royal governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Bailyn explains "what the human reality was against which the victors struggled" and in doing so makes the story of the Revolution fuller and more comprehensible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bailyn, Bernard: - Bernard Bailyn is Adams University Professor, Emeritus, and James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. |