Shoemaker and the Tea Party : Memory and the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780807054055 | 0807054054
Format: Trade PaperPublisher: Beacon Press
Pub. Date: 3/17/2000
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Honored in the 1830s for his participation in the Boston Tea Party, George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker, exemplified the role of the common man in the Revolution. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights of how memory shapes our understanding of history.
| Introduction | vii | ||||
| PART ONE George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742--1840) | 1 | (84) | |||
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| PART TWO When Did They Start Calling It the Boston Tea Party? | 85 | (110) | |||
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| Afterword | 195 | (13) | |||
| Notes | 208 | (41) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 249 | (5) | |||
| Index | 254 |
Alfred F. Young is Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago and professor emeritus of history at Northern Illinois University. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
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