Hurricane of Independence is the fascinating untold story of the opening of the American Revolution amidst the devastation of a brutal storm.

Prologue : the storm of revolution -- Tempest brewing -- Impending doom on the Outer Banks -- First strike : the hurricane of independence roars ashore -- Norfolk : an attack on both sides -- Tobacco and gunpowder -- Landon Carter : diarist and planter-philosopher of the Northern Neck -- The streets of Annapolis -- Lightning and enlightenment -- The colonies unite in Philadelphia against British tyranny -- The radical, the President, and the general in Philadelphia -- Striking the Second Continental Congress -- The heroic collegian : Hamilton in New York -- Whither the hurricane of independence? -- War erupts -- General Washington battles the British and the weather -- Fishing for cod during the summer in Newfoundland -- The hurricane -- Epilogue : the providential American victory.