Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives
“An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.” ―Chicago Tribune
At a time when America’s founding principles are being debated as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. In Revolution Song, Shorto weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. The result is a brilliant defense of American values with a compelling message: the American Revolution is still being fought today, and its ideals are worth defending.
Paperback | 640 pages
About the Author
Russell Shorto is the author of eight books of narrative history, including the international bestseller THE ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. His new book, coming in March 2025, is TAKING MANHATTAN. He is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society and Senior Scholar at the New Netherland Institute. In 2009 he was awarded a knighthood from the Dutch government for his work in increasing historical understanding between the Netherlands and the United States. (author photo: Izzy Watson)
