A New Age Now Begins: A People's History American Revolution * Page Smith #2

The Cinematic Concluding Chapter of Grassroots Defiance and the Birth of a Republic. Pick up the historical narrative precisely where the global theater of war shifts from initial political friction to a desperate, continent-wide struggle for absolute survival. In this sweeping, meticulously detailed conclusion to his landmark bicentennial project, celebrated historian Dr. Page Smith strips away typical sanitized textbook legends to deliver a raw, multi-front portrait of a civilian population under fire. Volume 2 captures the grueling tactical mechanics of the war’s second half—moving fluidly from the freezing, disease-ridden winter encampments of Valley Forge and Morristown through the savage, unconventional partisan campaigns that tore apart the Carolinas.

The text functions as an extraordinary, high-utility operational roadmap of military logistics and sociological transformation. Smith bypasses traditional intrusive footnotes to keep the historical tracking fast-paced and intensely focused on the human element. He pulls heavily from real-world letters, private diaries, and field ledgers to balance the grand strategic calculations of George Washington and French allies against the frontline realities of common infantrymen, local women, and Indigenous tribes. From a visceral, minute-by-minute reconstruction of the decisive siege at Yorktown to the chaotic, bitter diplomatic negotiations in Paris that formally secured the early Republic, this definitive chronicle remains an indispensable reference anchor. It stands as a baseline library centerpiece for educators, researchers, and history buffs looking to evaluate the heavy costs of human liberty with total precision. 

Published in January 1976 as a bicentennial flagship release by McGraw-Hill Book Company