This is an interesting journey of a book. Young, through researching the life of one seemingly average, working class veteran of the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War turned into a discussion on how America forgot the revolution, and remembered it again.

I love the discussions of class, and how there was a struggle in the 1830s over whether the rich or the workers 'owned' the revolution, and how the term Boston Tea Part came about. Definitely a great read for social memory buffs.