Updated at 10:45 pm Eastern on December 13: Both books have been sold. An important note on shipping: This book is shipped directly by the author using Media Mail. If you ordered other items from the store, this book will be shipped separately. Allow at least two weeks for delivery. Hardcover (416 pages), brand new and signed by the author, Nathaniel Philbrick. From the publisher: The bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye tells the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, in this "masterpiece of narrative and perspective." (Boston Globe) In the opening volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns his keen eye to pre-Revolutionary Boston and the spark that ignited the American Revolution. In the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party and the violence at Lexington and Concord, the conflict escalated and skirmishes gave way to outright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It was the bloodiest conflict of the revolutionary war, and the point of no return for the rebellious colonists. Philbrick gives us a fresh view of the story and its dynamic personalities, including John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, and George Washington. With passion and insight, he reconstructs the revolutionary landscape—geographic and ideological—in a mesmerizing narrative of the robust, messy, blisteringly real origins of America. About the author: NATHANIEL PHILBRICK is the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award and the basis of a film directed by Ron Howard; Mayflower, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; a trilogy about the American Revolution that includes Valiant Ambition, winner of the George Washington Book Prize; Travels with George; and several other books about the history and literature of the United States. He was an All-American sailor at Brown University and lives on Nantucket Island, where he cofounded the Egan Maritime Institute. He is presently at work on a book about the California Gold Rush.
