Mass Historical Society book talk: Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth

Holger Hoock, University of Pittsburgh

Please register through the MHS website

The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. Holger Hoock shows that the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles but also a profoundly violent civil war that shaped the nation and the British Empire in ways we have only begun to understand.