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Kidnapping the enemy : the special operations to capture Generals Charles Lee & Richard Prescott / Christian M. McBurney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBurney, Christian M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, Charles, 1731-1782--Kidnapping, 1776.
- Lee, Charles.
- Prescott, Richard, 1725-1788--Kidnapping, 1777.
- Prescott, Richard.
- Barton, William, 1748-1831.
- Barton, William.
- Lee, Charles, 1731-1782.
- Prescott, Richard, 1725-1788.
- American Revolution (1775-1783).
- Special operations (Military science)--United States--History--18th century.
- Special operations (Military science).
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, [2014]
- Summary:
- The Daring Raid to Kidnap a British General in Order to Gain Freedom for the Highest Ranking Continental Officer Captured During the American Revolution On the night of December 12, 1776, while on a reconnaissance mission in New Jersey, Lieutenant Colonel William Harcourt and Cornet Banastre Tarleton of the British dragoons learned from Loyalist.
- Contents:
- The ambitious Charles Lee
- Widow White's Tavern
- A severe blow to the cause
- A prisoner of high value
- Richard Prescott commands
- The Overing House raid
- An officer of equal rank
- The generals are exchanged
- The ordeal of William Barton.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59416-568-8
- OCLC:
- 1197557385
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