Young, Alfred Fabian, 1925-

The shoemaker and the tea party : memory and the American Revolution / Alfred F. Young. - Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c1999. - xvii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-248) and index.

I: George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840). A Boston shoemaker and the memory of the American Revolution -- A man in his nineties -- A Boston childhood -- The apprentice -- The shoemaker -- The massacre -- The tea party -- Tar and feathers -- The patriot -- Soldier and sailor -- Family man -- Veteran -- Hero -- II: When did they start calling it the Boston Tea Party? The contest for memory of the American Revolution -- Taming the revolution, 1765-1775 -- The destruction of the tea, 1773 -- Taming the memory of the revolution, 1783-1820 -- Merchants, mill owners, and master mechanics -- The discovery of the veterans, 1825 -- Claiming the revolution: the radical challenge, 1835 -- The recoverery of the tea party -- The appropriation of a shoemaker -- Into history: the ongoing contest for the revolution.

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Shoemakers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Primera Jornada de Catalogación.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.


Estados Unidos--Historia--Causas.--Revolución, 1775-1783
Estados Unidos--Historia.
United States--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783

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