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    The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
    The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
    The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
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    The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox

    By Phillip Hamilton

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    “[This] collection of Lucy and Henry Knox’s correspondence movingly reveals a marriage and a nation coming of age in the crucible of the Revolutionary War.” —Lorri Glover, author of Eliza Lucas Pinckney

    In 1774, Boston bookseller Henry Knox married Lucy Waldo Flucker, the daughter of a prominent Tory family. Although Lucy’s father was the third-ranking colonial official in Massachusetts, the couple joined the American cause after the Battles of Lexington and Concord and fled British-occupied Boston. Knox became a soldier in the Continental Army, where he served until the war’s end as Washington’s artillery commander.

    Their correspondence—one of the few collections of letters between revolutionary-era spouses that spans the entire war—provides a remarkable window into the couple’s marriage. Placed at the center of great events, struggling to cope with a momentous conflict, and attempting to preserve their marriage and family, the Knoxes wrote to each other in a direct and accessible manner as they negotiated shifts in gender and power relations. Working together, Henry and Lucy maintained their household and protected their property, raised and educated their children, and emotionally adjusted to other dramatic changes within their family, including a total break between Lucy and her Tory family. Combining original epistles with Hamilton’s introductory essays, The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox offers important insights into how this relatable and highly individual couple overcame the war’s challenges.

    “A fascinating and important addition to the literature of marriage and family life during the revolution. These unique letters, punctuated by excellent narrative interludes, provide a rich vein of information about the war.” —Edith B. Gelles, author of Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateOct 26, 2017
    ISBN9781421423463
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    • 3/5
      This book casts a different light on the American Revolution than most, as it is focused on a marriage and more concerned with domestic matters than the war at large. It's a little slow going, to be honest, but the detailed footnotes and the letter reprints themselves are fascinating. The author has a lot to say about their relationship and a lot of interpretation of materials to present and that is interesting, but if you are looking for a history that brings the figures back to life, this isn't really it. It's unfortunate, too, that far more of Henry's letters than Lucy's have survived. Meticulously researched, very detailed, but I fear it is a little more tell than show.

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