Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War SIGNED FIRST EDITION

New York: Bloomsbury Publisher, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed in person by the author, who is local to our bookstore, in ink at title page. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xxiv, 534pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary.
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In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were killed. The British continued marching, only to find even greater trouble in Concord and all the way down the road back to Boston. The Revolutionary War had begun.

Shots Heard Round the World is a bold, comprehensive rendering of the world war that erupted out of America's battle for independence. Ferling highlights underestimated pivotal moments to reveal why the British should have put down the rebellion within a couple years of fighting. As European rivals France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic entered the fray, Britain's problems grew, but after seven long years, the war's outcome remained very much in doubt. Ferling assesses military and civilian leaders, the choices they faced, and the political, tactical, and strategic decisions they made as the war raged in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Asia, and on the high seas, affecting peoples and countries miles from American soil.

Long after the soldiers laid down their arms, future generations have reckoned with the Revolution and its far-reaching consequences. Shots Heard Round the World is the definitive account of the war and its monumental legacy.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 16742)