a narrative of compelling interest provides much enlightenment ... No better account of the course of the conflict at Concord and Lexington can be found or required ... This account, furnished with excellent maps, does justice to an encounter whose cost, however unacceptable, was subsequently met.
David Hackett Fischer is Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. His books include the highly acclaimed Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America and Growing Old in America.
