{"product_id":"1776","title":"‘1776’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive research in both American and British archives, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1776\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King’s men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1776\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis another landmark in the literature of American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55475312230473,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/8280\/files\/7AF5ECA8-4E89-49E7-A109-AF0727D83FC3.jpg?v=1770138861","url":"https:\/\/historic-huguenot-street-museum-shop.myshopify.com\/en-ca\/products\/1776","provider":"Historic Huguenot Street Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}