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Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War (urspr publ 2010; utgåvan 2010)

av Mr. Thomas B Allen (Författare)

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A history of the Americans who chose to side with the British in the American Revolution that sheds important new light on the little-known figures whose lives were forever changed because they remained faithful to their mother country.
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Titel:Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War
Författare:Mr. Thomas B Allen (Författare)
Info:Harper (2010), Edition: 1st, 496 pages
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Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War av Thomas B. Allen (2010)

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Fascinating book of a bizarre part of American History -Whose side are you on? Huge selection of snippets of people and places.

only complaint - book was bound improperly Portion of book was bound backwards and upside down Deducted one full star for this ( )
  busterrll | May 13, 2018 |
Pretty interesting book, and the second one I've read about the Revolutionary War. (The first was 1776 by David McCullough) McCullough is a superb writer. Allen is a fair to middling writer but a good historian and popularizer. He makes the point that our first war was a really a civil war. I had no idea of number of Americans who called themselves Loyalists and didn't want to break away from the motherland. The fighting was ferocious, vicious, brutal, and unstopping. Good reading if you like history. ( )
  ChrisNewton | Mar 18, 2016 |
A thoroughly researched account of the American Revolution from the Loyalist (Tory) perspective which dispels any notion that the colonists were united in their quest for independence.

This is a dense book, and in my opinion the work suffers at times from unnecessary detail that bogs down the reader and distracts from the main themes. Nonetheless, a view from the "other side" is refreshing and illustrative. ( )
  la2bkk | May 3, 2014 |
If you thought the American Civil War of the 1860's was our first civil war, Thomas B. Allen's latest book, 'Tories, Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War' will correct your notions of our civil wars. It is well known that history is written by the winners and this is never more true than regarding our war for independence.
When pressed to name an American Loyalist (aka Tory) the name Benedict Arnold might come to mind. However, at the onset of our struggle with King George the country (aka colony) was very much divided over how to resolve the dispute. Many of the most influential leaders of industry, merchants, law and wealthy class landowners favored a more measured approach of negotiation and compromise. Clearly a common characteristic, though not universal, of this group was that they had the most to lose in a struggle with England. But, in addition, they also identified themselves as Englishmen.
On the other side of the conflict were a relative handful of learned leaders and large number of Americans with the least to lose. These Patriots saw the struggle as way to a brighter future with rewards of hard work and sacrifice. This group was the first to consider themselves Americans.
With these two divergent views of relations with England, Allen goes on to describe the struggle between the Patriots and Loyalists (Tories). The most revealing aspect of this history is the scope of inter-American conflict. Throughout the Revolutionary War, Loyalists organized themselves and actively support English forces. In nearly every battle of the war Loyalist military units were in forefront of the action. Thus, Americans were killing Americans throughout the conflict. Even non-combatants served to provide logistics support to English troops and many became active information sources spying on Patriot troop movements.
In summary, Allen's book fills in a little known chapter in our Revolutionary war history. ( )
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