Nathaniel Philbrick's tightly woven, quickly-paced Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution deftly maneuvers through a town's history that's as winding as its cow-path streets. Following the confluence of factors, decisions, meetings, intrigues, and emotions that lead up to the Battle of Bunker Hill, Philbrick humanizes the major players, giving equal weight to the political ideals so often cited, as well as the common concerns of wives, safety, and ambivalence that so often moves history forward. From the Common to Tory Row to JP to the provisional government's seat in Salem, discover the factors which ignited a revolution. 598 pages, hardcover with index and endnotes.
