Stop the Revolution: America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace

by Thomas J. McGuire

Book Overview

- The fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end - The fateful September 11, 1776, meeting on Staten Island between British Admiral Lord Richard Howe and Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge - A compelling glimpse into politics, military diplomacy, and American character at the dawn of independence - Early America from the eyewitness viewpoints of a feisty English traveler, a distressed Lutheran pastor, a precocious young lady, two sympathetic British officers, and an assortment of eccentric Founding Fathers

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811705870
• ISBN13: 9780811705875
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"