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American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom,

And National Identity In The Age Of Revolution

By Nils A. Shapiro

I cannot recall ever Rico. Little remembered today, its aftershock was to The details that enrich this narrative, garnered from the
enjoying a scholarly work lead directly to the election of Thomas Jefferson over author’s extraordinary research, add enormously to the
of early American history the incumbent John Adams as president of the United overall experience, as do the many contemporary portraits
so interestingly and vividly States … and the resulting lasting image of America as a and illustrations from that period.
told, so extraordinarily sanctuary of freedom for those fleeing from persecution Revolutionary and early American history being one
researched and impressively in other lands—an issue that dominates today’s political of my preferred reading tastes I was surprised never to
detailed, exciting as any campaigns just as it did the one in 1800. have heard of the very significant event that is the pivotal
novel, and as timely in I must admit that, although it was published in 2017, I subject of this book: the mutiny aboard HMS Hermione.
subject as next month’s had never heard of American Sanctuary and was fortunate Nor, shockingly, was it ever mentioned in any class, even
presidential election! to come across it by accident on a table stacked with books through college.
The date was September while shopping in a market. Its author, A. Roger Ekirch, At the time the mutiny took place—after the United
21, 1797. The event was is a professor of history at Virginia Tech, has written four States had already won the Revolutionary War several
a vicious mutiny by the crew of a British naval vessel, earlier books, received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is
HMS Hermione, in the Caribbean off the coast of Puerto widely recognized as one of our finest historians. Book Review on page 15

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