Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, by Woody Holton. Simon and Schuster, 2021. Paperback, 779 pp.

Holton begins with the Native Americans who struggled to save their land, compelling British officials to fortify the frontier, in turn requiring taxes on white colonists that inflamed their anger at the mother country. He ends with an analysis of the economic origins and effects of the U.S. Constitution. Holton also offers a fresh take on every major battle of the Revolution, from Lexington and Concord, to the British surrender at Yorktown and beyond. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.