Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. First Edition. First printing Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with a gift inscription on the front free end page. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. 279 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. The author "explores the interactions of personal conscience, crises, and crowds, as America moved toward war." (from the jacket flap).

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB24603
Title: American Patriots and the Rituals of Revolution
Author: Shaw, Peter
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1981

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