Winner of the 2010 Best Book on the Era of the American Revolution Award given by the American Revolution Round Table of New York
Selected as a 2011 Must-Read book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book
Winner of the 2013 Society of the Cincinnati Cox Book Prize.
“Benjamin Carp has written the definitive book on the Boston Tea Party, the epic event that catapulted colonists and mother country toward a war that changed the world.”—John Ferling, author of
The Ascent of George Washington
“In this vivid, dramatic and superbly researched book, Benjamin Carp provides fresh insights into important subjects that have long puzzled historians: the collective character of patriot leadership, the marathon meetings of the five thousand Bostonians who deliberated on a course of action and the men who actually did the heavy work of destroying the tea. Essential reading for anyone who takes the American Revolution seriously.”—Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution
