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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
by Nathaniel Philbrick
I really enjoyed this look into the beginning of the conflict that became the Revolutionary War, centered on the city of Boston. This book focused on the events of Lexington & Concord through the battle of Bunker Hill (which didn't actually happen on Bunker Hill) to Evacuation Day and looked at the lives of the primary players including the little remembered Dr. Joseph Warren, who likely would have been a major player in the American Revolution if he hadn't died in the fighting on June 17, 1775. I found this book well researched and easy to read while drawing the reader into the minds of the actor on both sides of the conflict. This books look into the geography of the time, the attitudes of the colonists and the British army, and the view of the conflict by the citizens back in England to show how the revolution began and was shaped by the attitudes of the colonists of Massachusetts.