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Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
Written by Benjamin L. Carp
Narrated by Joe Barrett
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than forty-six tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. It set the stage for war and cemented certain values in the American psyche that many still cherish today. But why did the Tea Party happen? Whom did it involve? What did it mean? The answers to these questions are far from straightforward.
In this thrilling book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party-exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together-from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure-Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past.
In this thrilling book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party-exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together-from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure-Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carp gives a very personal look into the lives and risks that the unknown founding fathers had taken in order to give us the nation many of us call home. What is striking is his rendition of the British government as not an evil empire who wanted to subjugate the people of America, but a group of men who got in over their heads and allowed the BEC to become a problem that effected everyone in the world. The only reason it does not get a five star rating would be that Carp goes into weeds a little too much on the details of the tea making and drinking. But it is only one chapter. Enjoy!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good history of the events and some analysis of the enduring legacy of the Tea Party.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In this thorough, detailed telling of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Carp covers practical details--a LOT of tea casks had to be unloaded from below decks, cracked open and heaved over the side--and the historical background and political situation. He also briefly covers what the event has come to mean, over time and to the various people claiming it as their own (or sweeping it under the rug) and does not shy away from describing the violence and anarchism of the party. I highly recommend the book.