{"product_id":"my-american-revolution-paperback","title":"My American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans tend to think of the Revolution as a Massachusetts-based event orchestrated by Virginians, but in fact the war took place mostly in the Middle Colonies--in New York and New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania. In \u003ci\u003eMy American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Sullivan delves into this first Middle America, digging for a glorious, heroic past in the urban, suburban, and sometimes even rural landscape of today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSullivan's history is personal, anecdotal, experiential. He visits the down-home reenactment of the crossing of the Delaware, which has taken place each year for the past half century, and uncovers the fact behind the myth. He camps in New Jersey backyards, hikes through lost mountains, and wrecks his back--then evacuates illegally from Brooklyn to Manhattan by handmade boat. He recounts a Brooklyn historian's failed attempt to memorialize a colonial Maryland regiment; a tattoo artist's more successful use of a colonial submarine, which resulted in his 2007 arrest by the New York City police and the FBI; and the life of Philip Freneau, the first (and not great) poet of American independence, who died in a swamp in the snow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike an almanac, \u003ci\u003eMy American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e moves through the calendar of American independence with the eternally charming Robert Sullivan as our guide. This is a fiercely individual and often hilarious journey; in the process of making our revolution his, Sullivan shows us how alive our own history is, right under our noses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Sullivan is the author of \u003ci\u003eRats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Meadowlands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Whale Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Thoreau You Don't Know\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a contributing editor. He was born in Manhattan and now lives in Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.24 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720292864063,"sku":"9781250037701","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7115e427b0ccae8af74ec1b190d9f0b6.webp?v=1765088670","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/my-american-revolution-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}