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Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
LIST OF MAPS
PATRIOTS’ DAY
PROLOGUE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1774
PART I:
AN IRREPRESSIBLE TIDE:
JANUARY–MARCH 1775
Chapter 1: New Year’s Day 1775
Chapter 2: Drumbeats of Dissension
Chapter 3: Who Would Be True Patriots?
Chapter 4: Volleys of Words
Chapter 5: “Fire, If You Have the Courage”
Chapter 6: Boston in the Bull’s-Eye
Chapter 7: Independence or Reconciliation?
PART II:
“LET IT BEGIN HERE”:
APRIL 1775
Chapter 8: The General’s Dilemma
Chapter 9: Two Lanterns
Chapter 10: Lexington Green
Chapter 11: On to Concord
Chapter 12: By the Rude Bridge
Chapter 13: Retreat, If We Can
Chapter 14: Percy to the Rescue
Chapter 15: What Have We Done?
Chapter 16: Spreading the News
PART III:
DECISIVE DAYS:
MAY–JUNE 1775
Chapter 17: Must We Stand Alone?
Chapter 18: “In the Name of the Great Jehovah…”
Chapter 19: Ben Franklin Returns
Chapter 20: Lexington of the Seas
Chapter 21: Three Generals and a Lady
Chapter 22: What Course Now, Gentlemen?
Chapter 23: “The White of Their Gaiters”
Chapter 24: “A Dear Bought Victory”
Epilogue: Monday, July 3, 1775
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOTOS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY WALTER R. BORNEMAN
PRAISE FOR WALTER R. BORNEMAN’S AMERICAN SPRING
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NEWSLETTERS
COPYRIGHT
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