Paperback. Pub date: 2011 07 Pages: 560 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Angel in the Whirlwind is the epic tale of the American Revolution. FROM its Roots among tax-weary colonists to the triumphant Declaration of Independence and ? eventual Victory and liberty . recounted by Benson Boick. lauded by The New York Times as perhaps the most interesting historian writing in America today. Overwhelmed with debt following its victory in the French and Indian Wars. England began imposing harsh new tariffs and taxes on its colonists in the 1760s. Rebellion against these measures soon erupted into war. Boick thrillingly describes all the major battles. from Lexington and Concord to the dramatic siege of Yorktown. when the itish flag was finally lowered before patriot guns. At the same time he weaves together social and political history along with the military history. inging to life not...
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