Copyright © 2017 by Holger Hoock

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hoock, Holger, author.

Title: Scars of independence : America’s violent birth / Holger Hoock.

Description: First edition. | New York : Crown Publishing, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016031348 (print) | LCCN 2016031740 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780804137287 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780804137300 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780804137294 (eISBN) | ISBN 9780804137294 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Social aspects. | United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Influence.

| Violence—United States—History—18th century. | United States—

Civilization—1783–1865. | National characteristics, American.

Classification: LCC E209 .H657 2017 (print) | LCC E209 (ebook) | DDC 973.3/1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2016031348

ISBN 9780804137287

Ebook ISBN 9780804137294

Cover design by Elena Giavaldi

Cover art: John Trumbull (photo by Francis G. Mayer)

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