Just in time for Independence Day, William Hogeland presents new research and top-notch scholarship to reveal how the American Revolution really began.

Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 tells the inside story of how a small band of disparate, determined patriots led by the mysterious Samuel Adams of Massachusetts and assisted by his nervous cousin John used backroom deals and bare-knuckle politics to induce the Second Continental Congress to abandon a course of reconciliation with England and embrace American independence – all in just nine weeks.

Hogeland has published in numerous print and online periodicals, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and Slate. The book will be available for sale. Click here to RSVP.