Prologue: March, 1770 -- Families of Empire -- Inseparable Interests, 1766-1767 -- Seasons of Discontent, 1766-1767 -- Under One Roof -- Love Your Neighbor, 1768-1770 -- Absent Without Leave 1768-1770 -- A Deadly Riot -- Gathering Up, 1770-1772 -- Epilogue: Civil War, 1772-1775.…
"A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
-- The Boston Massacre delivers an indelible new slant on iconic American Revolutionary history.
"A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
"A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"-- "The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But the history of the …
Jennine Hurl-Eamon examines the relationships between soldiers and their wives during the long 18th century in Britain, particularly focusing on the wives who stayed at home while their husbands went to war.
Jennine Hurl-Eamon examines the relationships between soldiers and their wives during the long 18th century in Britain, particularly focusing on the wives who stayed at home while their husbands went to war.
Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was completely controlled by the United States Army. The Army as a public institution colored virtually every aspect of their domestic lives. Army directives…
Paul and Marie Pireaud, a young couple from southwest France, were newlyweds when World War 1 erupted. With Paul in the army they were forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Drawing upon hundreds of letters they wrote, the author tells their story and reveals…
A young peasant couple from southwest France wed just prior to to war's eruption in 1914 is forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence…
A young peasant couple from southwest France wed just prior to to war's eruption in 1914 is forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence…
"This is the story of one young Jewish family, David and Sylvia, and their daughter Ruth, told through letterrs exchanged between David at war and Sylvia in England. A treasure trove of 700 unique letters depicts the everyday struggle of young lovers surviving apart as war wore …
