About this title: Alfred Young unearths a rich story of the American Revolution with the life history of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in the Massacre, the Tea Party and other events of his time. Hewes was born in Boston in 1742 and was a poor shoemaker all his life and intermittently a fisherman, sailor, militiaman, and farmer. He would have been entirely forgotten if not for his longevity and the historical mood of the 1830s -- the Tea Party had become a leading symbol of the "spirit of '76, " and Hewes lived long enough to be among the last surviving participants. In 1835, ...
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Date Published: 1999-08-01
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Date Published: 1999
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Date Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN-13:9780807071403ISBN:0807071404
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