American Spring

Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution

By: Walter R. Borneman

Narrated by: Tom Taylorson

A vibrant look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.

When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army.

American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.

Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation.

Great read

This book is a detailed account of the happenings leading up to the revolutionary war.

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Day-to-day recounting of the first months of the American Revolution. Fascinating account of a courageous people insisting on liberty.

250 years ago…

Good look at the first months of hostilities between Britain and the American Colonies. From late 1774 through Bunker Hill in June 1775. Would be a great first book on the Revolution for anyone.

A wonderful telling of the early days of the American revolution.

A great historical narrative of the earliest days of the Revolutionary War and with an excellent narrator. I highly recommend this.

nicely detailed

provides great detail about the initial battles of the American Revolution, well done and easily listened to.