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Liberty is sweet: The hidden history of the American Revolution
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:46:59
Publish Date: 2026-04-17 09:30:00
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Detail from a historical marker at Kings Mountain National Military Park.
Detail from a historical marker at Kings Mountain National Military Park.(Bob Thompson / Courtesy of the author)

This week we are digging into our broadcast archives to bring you an encore of an episode that is perfect in this 250th-annivesary year of the start of the American Revolution.

Walter’s guest is Dr. Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina, and they will be talking about Horton’s book, Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution. (2021, Simon & Schuster).

Liberty is Sweet has been described as a “deeply researched and bracing retelling” of the Revolution, which shows how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.
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