Battles for Liberty: 3 Classic Books on the American Revolutionary War
Political Debate, Frontier Warfare, and the Memory of American IndependenceBy Israel Mauduit, Rowland Evans Robinson, Frederick B. Richards
Length8h 7m
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Battles for Liberty gathers three classic perspectives on the American Revolutionary War, presenting independence not as a single inevitable triumph but as a contested political, military, and moral process. Its pages move among argumentative political prose, historical narration, and reflective accounts of conflict, allowing readers to encounter both the ideas that shaped imperial crisis and the local experiences that gave revolution its enduring force. The collection's range illuminates the war's constitutional disputes, strategic pressures, and human stakes, while its distinctive documents preserve the texture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historical writing. Israel Mauduit, Rowland Evans Robinson, and Frederick B. Richards represent differing relationships to the Revolutionary past: the political commentator attentive to imperial policy, the regional historian concerned with civic memory, and the chronicler of wartime experience and consequence. Read together, their works belong to the larger tradition of Revolutionary historiography in which pamphlet debate, patriotic commemoration, and archival reconstruction continually reshape the meaning of liberty. Their varied voices complicate familiar narratives of national founding by foregrounding disagreement, place, and interpretation. This volume is recommended for students of American history, readers of political thought, and anyone seeking a fuller encounter with the Revolution's many languages. By placing contrasting styles and perspectives in dialogue, Battles for Liberty offers both an accessible introduction and a valuable invitation to assess how wars are remembered, argued over, and transformed into national ideals.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1History of the Civil War: 15 Essential Books
2Conduct of Sir William Howe
3EDITOR'S PREFACE
4The Black Watch at Ticonderoga and Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe
5THE BLACK WATCH AT TICONDEROGA
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6APPENDIX (pt. 1)
7APPENDIX (pt. 2)
8Footnote
9A Hero of Ticonderoga
10CHAPTER I—COMING INTO THE WILDERNESS
11CHAPTER II—THE NEW HOME
12CHAPTER III—A VISIT TO THE FORT
13CHAPTER IV—THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS
14CHAPTER V—THE EVERGREEN SPRIG
15CHAPTER VI—THE YORKERS
16CHAPTER VII—THE “JUDGMENT SEAT”
17CHAPTER VIII—A NOVEL BEAR TRAP
18CHAPTER IX—A FRONTIER TRAGEDY
19CHAPTER X—REBELLION
20CHAPTER XI—ESCAPE
21CHAPTER XII—A FREE LIFE
22CHAPTER XIII—FOREBODINGS OF STORM
23CHAPTER XIV—GABRIEL’S GOOD SERVICE
24CHAPTER XV—LEADERS AND GUIDE
25CHAPTER XVI—TICONDEROGA
26CHAPTER XVII—HOME COMING
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