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Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution / Nathaniel Philbrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philbrick, Nathaniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, [2013]
- Summary:
- Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Liberty. The city on the hill
- Poor unhappy Boston
- The long hot summer
- The alarm
- The unnatural contest
- pt. 2. Rebellion. The trick to see it
- The bridge
- No business but that of war
- The redoubt
- The battle
- pt. 3. The siege. The fiercest man
- The clap of thunder
- Epilogue: Character alone.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670025442
- 0670025445
- OCLC:
- 818953755
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