{"product_id":"renegade-revolutionary-the-life-of-general-charles-lee-9780814767658","title":"Renegade Revolutionary: The Life of General Charles Lee","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRenegade Revolutionary: The Life of General Charles Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e by Papas, Phillip. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780814767658.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2015 Book Award from the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond\nHonorable Mention for the 2015 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award\n\nIn\nNovember 1774, a pamphlet to the “People of America” was published in\nPhiladelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and\nliberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence\nfrom Britain. The author of this pamphlet was Charles Lee, a former British\narmy officer turned revolutionary, who was one of the earliest advocates for\nAmerican independence. Lee fought on and off the battlefield for expanded\ndemocracy, freedom of conscience, individual liberties, human rights, and for\nthe formal education of women.\n\nRenegade Revolutionary: The Life of\nGeneral Charles Lee is a vivid new portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the\nAmerican revolutionaries. Lee’s erratic behavior and comportment, his capture\nand more than one year imprisonment by the British, and his court martial after\nthe battle of Monmouth in 1778 have dominated his place in the historiography\nof the American Revolution. This book retells the story of a man who had been\ndismissed by contemporaries and by history. Few American revolutionaries shared\nhis radical political outlook, his cross-cultural experiences, his\ncosmopolitanism, and his confidence that the American Revolution could be won\nprimarily by the militia (or irregulars) rather than a centralized regular\narmy. By studying Lee’s life, his political and military ideas, and his style\nof leadership, we gain new insights into the way the American revolutionaries\nfought and won their independence from Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255307952181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0814767656","price":137.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780814767658_9e6a6c10-ccb3-4bab-80ec-b915566b930e.jpg?v=1779926007","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/renegade-revolutionary-the-life-of-general-charles-lee-9780814767658","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}