On December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men dumped roughly 10,000 pounds of tea in Boston Harbor. This symbolic act unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm throughout the colonies.
Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, American Tempest reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence – the birth of an independent America.
Harlow Giles Unger is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, historian, and author of eighteen books including six biographies of America’s founding fathers. He lives in New York.
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