{"product_id":"renegade-revolutionary-9780814767658","title":"Renegade Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2015 Book Award from the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2015 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003eNovember 1774, a pamphlet to the “People of America” was published in\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and\u003cbr\u003eliberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence\u003cbr\u003efrom Britain. The author of this pamphlet was Charles Lee, a former British\u003cbr\u003earmy officer turned revolutionary, who was one of the earliest advocates for\u003cbr\u003eAmerican independence. Lee fought on and off the battlefield for expanded\u003cbr\u003edemocracy, freedom of conscience, individual liberties, human rights, and for\u003cbr\u003ethe formal education of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenegade Revolutionary: The Life of\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Charles Lee is a vivid new portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican revolutionaries. Lee’s erratic behavior and comportment, his capture\u003cbr\u003eand more than one year imprisonment by the British, and his court martial after\u003cbr\u003ethe battle of Monmouth in 1778 have dominated his place in the historiography\u003cbr\u003eof the American Revolution. This book retells the story of a man who had been\u003cbr\u003edismissed by contemporaries and by history. Few American revolutionaries shared\u003cbr\u003ehis radical political outlook, his cross-cultural experiences, his\u003cbr\u003ecosmopolitanism, and his confidence that the American Revolution could be won\u003cbr\u003eprimarily by the militia (or irregulars) rather than a centralized regular\u003cbr\u003earmy. By studying Lee’s life, his political and military ideas, and his style\u003cbr\u003eof leadership, we gain new insights into the way the American revolutionaries\u003cbr\u003efought and won their independence from Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phillip Papas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274318131451,"sku":"9780814767658","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b2ac321e-3404-4a25-ae9b-ac8afc0b35d6.jpg?v=1771262104","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/renegade-revolutionary-9780814767658","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}