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

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 11, 2017** 

 06:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

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There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm. **Holger Hoock**, University of Pittsburgh

 **[Please register through the MHS website](https://www.masshist.org/calendar)**

 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.



 

 



 

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