The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution

by Steven Park

Considered One of the First Acts of Rebellion to British Authority Over the American Colonies, a Fresh Account Placing the Incident into Historical Context
Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773--a period historians refer to as "the lull"--a group of prominent Rhode Islanders rowed out to His Majesty's schooner Gaspee, which had run aground six miles south of Providence while on an anti-smuggling patrol...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594162670
• ISBN13: 9781594162671
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"