Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War

by Thomas B. Allen

Book Overview

From historian Thomas B. Allen, author of Remember Pearl Harbor and George Washington, Spy Master comes a sweeping, dramatic history of the Americans who fought alongside the British on the losing side of the American Revolution. Allen's compelling account comprises an epic story with a personal core, an American narrative certain to spellbind readers of Tom Fleming, David McCullough, and Joseph Ellis. The first book in over thirty years on this topic in Revolution War history, Tories incorporates new research and previously unavailable material drawn from foreign archives, telling the riveting story of bitter internecine conflict during the tumultuous birth of a nation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061241806
• ISBN13: 9780061241802
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"