About the Author

Alan Taylor, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, is the author of American Revolutions and American Republics, prior volumes in his acclaimed continental history of the United States. He is Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews

"Excellent . . . deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling continental history with economy, clarity, and vividness."
*The Wall Street Journal*

"Alan Taylor’s remarkable and magnificent ‘continental history’... is indeed the history of the American Revolution for our times... In short, it is a towering achievement."
*Family and Community History Journal*