Rough Crossings: The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
&#8220;A master storyteller.&#8221; (Newsweek)&#8220;If there&#8217;s a better living writer of history than Simon Schama, I&#8217;d sure like to know who it is.&#8221; (Cleveland Plain Dealer)&#8220;. . .plenty of gorgeous writing from this most elegant of stylists.&#8221; (Christian Science Monitor)&#8220;Schama tells this complex story through a series of richly drawn, idiosyncratic individuals, from musical bureaucrats to rebellious slaves.&#8221; (San Diego Union-Tribune)Simon Schama&#8217;s Rough Crossings . . . brilliantly re-creates the histories of runaway slaves in and after the American revolution. (Sunday Times (London))&#8220;A lively and accessible book.&#8221; (Newsday)&#8221; Schama is back at his best -and historians don&#8217;t come much better than that. (Sunday Times (London))