Frontier Rebels

Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia, presents Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776. Frontier Rebels is the untold story of the “Black Boys,” a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. Patrick Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution, moving the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier. In spellbinding detail, Frontier Rebels reveals an often-overlooked truth: The West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence.