Shoemaker and the Tea Party : Memory and the American Revolution
by Young, Alfred F.Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2000-03-17
Publisher(s): Beacon Press
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Summary
Honored in the 1830s for his participation in the Boston Tea Party, George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker, exemplified the role of the common man in the Revolution. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights of how memory shapes our understanding of history.
Author Biography
Alfred F. Young is Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago and professor emeritus of history at Northern Illinois University. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | vii | ||||
| PART ONE George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742--1840) | 1 | (84) | |||
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7 | (7) | |||
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14 | (6) | |||
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20 | (6) | |||
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26 | (7) | |||
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33 | (9) | |||
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42 | (4) | |||
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46 | (6) | |||
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52 | (6) | |||
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58 | (9) | |||
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67 | (4) | |||
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71 | (8) | |||
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79 | (6) | |||
| PART TWO When Did They Start Calling It the Boston Tea Party? | 85 | (110) | |||
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92 | (7) | |||
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99 | (9) | |||
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108 | (13) | |||
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121 | (11) | |||
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132 | (11) | |||
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143 | (12) | |||
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155 | (11) | |||
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166 | (14) | |||
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180 | (15) | |||
| Afterword | 195 | (13) | |||
| Notes | 208 | (41) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 249 | (5) | |||
| Index | 254 |
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