{"product_id":"1776-9780743540070","title":"1776","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericas beloved and distinguished historian presents  in a book of breathtaking excitement  drama  and narrative force  the stirring story of the year of our nations birth  1776  interweaving  on both sides of the Atlantic  the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed Americas survival in the hands of George Washington.  In this masterful book  David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independencewhen the whole American cause was riding on their success  without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.  Based on extensive research in both American and British archives  1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks  men of every shape  size  and color; farmers  schoolteachers  shoemakers  no-accounts  and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the Kings men  the British commander  William Howe  and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.  Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams  David McCulloughs 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647641444405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0743540077","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780743540070.jpg?v=1781696881","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/1776-9780743540070","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}