{"title":"Russell Bourne","description":"\u003cp\u003eRUSSELL BOURNE was an American historian and editor who wrote approximately a dozen books on American history and transportation. His notable works include \u003cem\u003eCradle of Violence: How Boston’s Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGods of War, Gods of Peace\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Red King’s Rebellion: Racial Politics in New England 1675–1678\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourne was a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He graduated magna cum laude from Williams College in 1950 and worked as an editor at American Heritage Publishing and as associate chief of Book Service at the National Geographic Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore turning to books, Bourne reported for \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, served as a Special Agent in the U.S. Army’s Counter-Intelligence Corps in Berlin during the Korean War, and worked as an assistant to Henry R. Luce at Time-Life Books. Much of his writing drew on that deep engagement with American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Bourne’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cradle-of-violence","title":"Cradle of Violence: How Boston's Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThey did the dirty work of the American Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir spontaneous uprisings and violent actions steered America toward resistance to the Acts of Parliament and finally toward revolution. They tarred and feathered the backsides of British customs officials, gutted the mansion of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, armed themselves with marline spikes and cudgels to fight on the waterfront against soldiers of the British occupation, and hurled the contents of 350 chests of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor under the very guns of the anchored British fleet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCradle of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the maritime workers who ignited the American Revolution: the fishermen desperate to escape impressment by Royal Navy press gangs, the frequently unemployed dockworkers, the wartime veterans and starving widows--all of whose mounting \"tumults\" led the way to rebellion. These were the hard-pressed but fiercely independent residents of Boston's North and South Ends who rallied around the Liberty Tree on Boston Common, who responded to Samuel Adams's cries against Tyranny, and whose headstrong actions helped embolden John Hancock to sign the Declaration of Independence. Without the maritime mobs' violent demonstrations against authority, the politicians would not have spurred on to utter their impassioned words; Great Britain would not have been provoked to send forth troops to quell the mob-induced rebellion; the War of Independence would not have happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the mobs' most telling demonstrations brought about the Boston Massacre. After it, John Adams attempted to calm the town by dismissing the waterfront characters who had been killed as \"a rabble of saucy boys, negroes and mulattoes, Irish teagues, and outlandish jack tars.\" \u003cem\u003eCradle of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that they were, more truly, America's first heroes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684421527\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684421527\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Russell Bourne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212298518744,"sku":"9781681623917","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43212298551512,"sku":"9781684421527","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470323601_FC_mockup_v2_1740149831_cb2fcef0-1b55-49ab-8d12-6ccf20fa56f5.jpg?v=1790996876"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-russell-bourne.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}