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With magisterial command and an unmatched sense of drama, John Ferling traces the political journey from protest to Revolution. Independence takes readers from the battlefields of Bunker Hill to the cobblestones of Philadelphia and into the halls of Parliament, where furious debate erupted over how to deal with the rebellion. Independence is not only the story of how freedom was won, but how an empire was lost.

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A lucid, erudite account of a period both terrifying and supremely inspiring Kirkus Noted for his knowledge of the Revolutionary era, Ferling ... again gives us a narrative hard to surpass in fluency and authority. PW In this splendid book, noted founding-era historian Ferling presents a convincing narrative of American independence Booklist Mesmerizing. Masterful. History written with the gravitational pull of a good novel. A history book that deserves to become a big best seller Dan Rather John Ferling has established himself as one of the leading chroniclers of the American Revolution, but Independence goes beyond anything he has written before. RB Bernstein

Mesmerizing. Masterful. History written with the gravitational pull of a good novel. A history book that deserves to become a big best seller. --Dan Rather <p> This is how it really happened. In unequivocal prose, John Ferling captures the combined bluster and outrage on both sides of the Atlantic. He exposes the quirks, while exploring the vision, of the opinionated, opportunistic delegates who were present in Philadelphia in 1776; he shows us just how they rhetorically overcame the mystique of invincibility that attached to the British military, before launching America, in the words of one delegate, on a most Tempestuous Sea. Independence is rich in personality, and Ferling unsurpassed as an authority. This is no ordinary history. --Andrew Burstein, author of Jefferson's Secrets, and coauthor of Madison and Jefferson <p> <p> John Ferling has established himself as one of the leading chroniclers of the American Revolution, but Independence goes beyond anything he has

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John Ferling is professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia. A leading authority on American Revolutionary history, he has appeared in many documentaries and has written numerous books, including The Ascent of George Washington, Almost a Miracle, and the award-winning A Leap in the Dark.

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