Libertys Exiles, Maya Jasanoff
Libertys Exiles, Maya Jasanoff
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Liberty's Exiles
American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

Author: Maya Jasanoff

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 16 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/16/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Maya Jasanoff won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her groundbreaking work Liberty's Exiles. After the American Revolution, 60,000 British loyalists fled the U.S. for Canada, the Caribbean, India, and other points abroad. Jasanoff traces their harrowing journeys across the globe, shedding light on their ambitions, the post-revolutionary world they encountered, and their legacies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anastasia

The American War of Independence conjures up so many heroic images and so many myths, anything from Paul Revere’s Ride to the winter at Valley Forge; from the gallant Minute Men to the ferocious ‘Hessians’, the mercenary army of a ‘tyrant’ king. Have you ever considered what happened to the losers,......more

Goodreads review by Nelleke

A well-written, comprehensive story of United Empire Loyalists during and after the American Revolution. I highly recommend this as a living book about the era for Canadian high school students. I listened to the audiobook (excellent narrator), but I will also be buying a hard copy of this one.......more

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