Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War trail in Western Massachusetts / Bernard A. Drew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drew, Bernard A. (Bernard Alger), 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806--Travel--Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.

Military roads--Massachusetts--History--18th century.

Military roads.

History.

Travel.

Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

Massachusetts.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

United States.

Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Artillery operations.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Artillery operations.

Physical Description:

ix, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

"During the winter of 1776, in one of the most incredible logistical feats of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox and his teamsters transported cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston to help drive British forces from the city. This history documents Knox's precise route and chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Indian path into a a war road"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

English fur traders, 1600s

King Philip's War, 1670s

Dutch fur traders, 1700s

The great road

Housatonic River Valley settled, 1730s and 1740s

Seven Years War, I: Fort Saint-Frederic (Crown Point) Campaign, 1755

Yorkers at odds

Seven Years War, II: Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) Expedition and Canada Reduction Campaign, 1758-1760

Roads less traveled

Compass and chain

Open rebellion, 1774-1783

War of Independence, I: Henry Knox, 1775-1776

War of Independence, II: John Burgoyne, 1777

Toward war's end, 1777-1789

Knox trail for the automobile age, 1920s

Re-enactors, 1942-2008

Roads scholars: search for the true Knox trail, 2010.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786462766

0786462760

OCLC:

757461955