Great Stories of the American Revolution is arranged chronologically. It begins with Boston's James Otis, whose opposition to the British resulted in his Tory wife vacating their marriage bed, and concludes with the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown sixteen years later.

Includes index.

Never before did so few do so much for so many --Wide was the water -- Thirteen pygmies tossed pebbles at the giant -- Blood in the snow -- Point of no return -- "Loyalists of the South will rally behind their sovereign" -- In the valley of despair -- The world turned upside down.