Stop the Revolution : America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace

Stop the Revolution is the fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end.It details the fateful September 11, 1776, meeting on Staten Island between British Admiral Lord Richard Howe and Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge.Stop the Revolution provides a compelling glimpse into politics, military diplomacy, and American character at the dawn of independence.This book covers early America from the eyewitness viewpoints of a feisty English traveler, a distressed Lutheran pastor, a precocious young lady, two sympathetic British officers, and an assortment of eccentric Founding Fathers