The road to Concord : how four stolen cannon ignited the Revolutionary War / J. L. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, J. L. (John Leonard), 1965- author.

Series:

Journal of the American Revolution Bks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.

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

United States.

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

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

With a Clash Between American Rebels and Royal Authorities Heating Up, Radicals Smuggled Cannon Out of Boston--and the British Came Looking for Them In the early spring of 1775, on a farm in Concord, Massachusetts, British army spies located four brass cannon belonging to Boston's colonial militia that had gone missing months before.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Maps

Introduction: "The Commencement of the War"

September 1774

1. "Ordered Out by the Capt. General"

2. "An Extensive Insurrection thro' the Province"

3. "Behold, the Guns Were Gone!"

4. "Townspeople Took Four Brass Cannon"

5. "Not One Lisped a Word"

6. "Selling Warlike Stores"

7. "Out of Boston to Some Place in the Country"

8. "To Act the Traitor"

9. "This Town Is Full of Cannon"

10. "If You Meet with Any Brass Artillery"

Epilogue: "Through All Our History, to the Last"

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-59416-611-0

OCLC:

1197572487