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#1 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER #2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER#1 BOOKSCAN WEEKLY BESTSELLER#1 BALTIMORE SUN BESTSELLEROnce upon a time there was a REVOLUTION.Theres never been a nation like the United States of America. It's impossible to imagine the world without itbut do you know the wild and true story of how it came into existence? On our 250th anniversary, the hunger for Americas story has never been greater. Who better to tell it than historian Eric Metaxas, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including the ground-breaking, million-selling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer? With the passion, erudition, and irrepressible wit that have become his signature, Metaxass REVOLUTION brings the epic of Americas birth to life so fully that you will feel you are a part of the story, which is precisely the point. By turns deeply moving, gripping, and spectacularly entertaining, these are the stories every American must know, including some of historys noblest heroes and some despicable villains. REVOLUTION also touches on the role that sacrifice, character, and faith played in the great struggle for the Sacred Cause of liberty. George Washington, John Adams, Nathan Hale, Henry Knox, Horatio Gates, Israel Putnam, Benedict Arnold and many others all come to life for a new generation of Americans. At more than 600 pageswith photos, maps, and illustrationsREVOLUTION is definitive and sweeping, an astonishing epic containing a dazzling array of stories, ranging from the explosive events that led up to Lexington and Concord,all the way through the impossible twists and turns of the war itselfincluding the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Crossing of the Delaware, Saratoga, and the bitter winter at Valley Forge all the way to the final victory in Yorktown and The World Turned Upside Down. Unless we ourselves know the true story of the Revolutionwhat some have called Americas founding mythwe cannot play the role we are meant to play in the Revolution that still continues today. This is our story. We need to know it. For such a time as this.