The Shoemaker And The Tea Party Summary

The Shoemaker and the Tea Party describes two different interesting points. Hughes is the main character who a is representative of the lower white male class who experienced the removal of deference in the region of the North. Hughes is thus symbolic of the heart of the American Revolution as the people at this time are seeking equality. The other important thesis to be noted in this book, is the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Party was largely a political movement which is remembered varsity different from the way in the event occurred. They have created a vast aura of mysticism surrounding the American Revolution that simply is not present. Young is attempting to prove that often the history of an event is often very different than the memory of those events. Which leads to the mysterious of question of how does one leave a lasting impression on humanity? Hughes is the main character who began his life as an apprentice and then made his living as a shoemaker. He became a participant in the Tea Party which gave him some prestige in the history of

A weakness in the book would be the fact, that Young had to surmise a great part of Hughes story since there is not a lot of information to gain on this character. Also the book left out a number of important ethnic groups such as the Indians, African Americans, and the women. The author the South when discussing the presence of deference, which would still have largely applied to the South. However, the author only mentions the decline of deference in the North. This is a large portion of the population who would have given interesting perspective to the situations in the book. Since there was so much civil unrest and mobs, that these unmentioned groups were a part of, this leaves out a large portion of the