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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