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Bunker Hill
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  • Published: 23 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781446463055
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 608
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Bunker Hill

A City, a Siege, a Revolution

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23 May 2013
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26 Nov 2015
Paperback
15 May 2014
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Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and The Last Stand Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the visceral and dramatic beginnings of one of the most significant episodes in American and British history: the American Revolution.

What lights the spark that ignites a revolution?

What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and mariners in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the British government in pursuit of liberty?

Nathaniel Philbrick, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and The Last Stand, shines new and brilliant light on the momentous beginnings of the American Revolution, and those individuals – familiar and unknown, and from both sides – who played such a vital part in the early days of the conflict that would culminate in the defining Battle of Bunker Hill.

Written with passion and insight, even-handedness and the eloquence of a born storyteller, Bunker Hill brings to life the robust, chaotic and blisteringly real origins of America.
  • Published: 23 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9781446463055
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 608
Categories:

About the author

Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned a BA in English from Brown University and an MA in America Literature from Duke University, where he was a James B. Duke Fellow. He was Brown University’s first Intercollegiate All-American sailor in 1978, the same year he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, Rhode Island. After working as an editor at Sailing World magazine, he wrote and edited several books about sailing, including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yaahting: A Parody. In 2000, Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The book is the basis of the Warner Bros. motion picture Heart of the Sea, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Benjamin Walker, Ben Wishaw, and Tom Holland. The book also inspired a 2001 Dateline special on NBC as well as the 2010 two-hour PBS American Experience film Into the Deep by Ric Burns.   Philbrick’s writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. He has appeared on the Today show, The Morning Show, Dateline, PBS’s American Experience, C-SPAN, and NPR. He and his wife live on Nantucket.
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Also by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea (Young Readers Edition)
Second Wind
Ben's Revolution
Valiant Ambition
Why Read Moby-Dick?
The Last Stand
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Praise for Bunker Hill

Tightly focused and richly detailed . . . From the outset, Philbrick makes it clear that, unlike many other popular historians of the Revolution, he plans to be even-handed rather than merely glorify the colonial rebels . . . at his most vivid in conveying scenes of battle . . . what adds depth to the narrative is his fine sense of the ambitions that drive people in war and politics.

WASHINGTON POST

A fine account of a bloody early battle.

ECONOMIST

A masterpiece of narrative and perspective . . . unforgettable.

BOSTON GLOBE

Mr Philbrick tells the complex story superbly . . . gripping.

WALL STREET JOURNAL

This is popular history at its best: a taut narrative with a novelist’s touch, grounded in careful research.

MIAMI HERALD

A notable merit of his account of the birth of the American revolution is its fairmindedness . . . readable and sensible.

Max Hastings, SUNDAY TIMES

Vivid, realistic and sometimes shocking . . . [character] is certainly the animating spirit of this fine narrative history and, in a sprawling, vibrant cast, the character that emerges most forcefully is that of the city of Boston itself: tumultuous, vigorous and fascinating.

Ben McIntyre, THE TIMES

Brilliantly told. Philbrick is a master narrator who has deployed every ounce of his considerable skill . . . to find the lifeblood of early America

THE TIMES

Admirably even-handed . . . this perceptive account.

Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY

If you're interested in the military aspects of the war, this is a great overview of a complex story, and one that never loses sight of its human participants.

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