Forgotten patriots : the untold story of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War / Edwin G. Burrows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century.

Prisoners of war.

Prisoners of war--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Military prisons--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

Military prisons.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons, British.

United States.

New York (N.Y.)--History, Military--18th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Great Britain. Army--Prisons--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of Gotham tells the forgotten story of New York's British prison camps?and the nearly 20,000 patriots who lost their lives there.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface: Thorburn's Lament ix; 1 Brooklyn 1; 2 Destined to the Cord 15; 3 The Stool of Repentance 43; 4 A Cry of Barbarity & Cruelty 69; 5 Sweet Liberty 105; 6 War ad Terrorem 141; 7 The War of Words 161; 8 Dead Reckonings 195; 9 Forgotten Patriots 205; Epilogue: Forgotten Again 241; Acknowledgments 249; Appendix A: Counting Calories 251; Appendix B: Cunningham's "Confession" 255; List of Abbreviations and Note on Sources 261; Notes 265; Works Cited 329; Index 349

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-348) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-26140-5

9786613261403

0-7867-2704-7

OCLC:

299738827