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The American Revolution : first person accounts by men who shaped our nation collected and edited by T.J. Stiles ; introduction by William Peck [i.e. Pencak]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 203 .F68 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- In their own words (Berkley Publishing Group)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 359 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 1999.
- Summary:
- In this book this book, historian T.J. Stiles tells the remarkable story through the words of those who lived it.
- Contents:
- Prevace
- Sources
- The writers and their positions at the time
- Introduction
- A note to the reader
- The unhappy controversy / Samuel Adams
- This year brings ruin or salvation / John Adams
- The Boston Massacre / Samuel Adams
- The sense of the town / Samuel Adams
- After the party / John Adamas
- Letter from the town of Boston to the Colonies, May 13, 1774 / Samuel Adams
- In Congress / John Adams
- Reflections on the Congress / John Adams
- A summary view of the rights of British North America / Thomas Jefferson
- A full vindication / Alexander Hamilton
- Minute men / Samuel Adams
- Mission to Concord / Jeremy Lister
- Bottled up in Boston / Thomas Gage
- Ticonderoga / Ethan Allen
- Congress adopts an army / John Adams
- The Battle of Bunker Hill / Thomas Gage
- The conquest of Boston / George Washington
- Is not America already independent / Samuel Adams
- Common sense / Thomas Paine
- A declaration / Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress
- The defense of New York / George Washington
- The crisis / Thomas Paine
- Trenton / George Washington
- Princeton / George Washington
- The Brandywine / Thomas Paine
- Flight from Philadelphia / John Adams
- Germantown / Thomas Paine
- The expedition from Canada / John Burgoyne
- A fortress and a battle / Thomas Anburey
- Wood service / John Burgoyne
- Down Wood Creek / Thomas Anburey
- An expedition to Bennington / John Burgoyne
- Fort Stanwix / Barry St. Leger
- Across the Hudson / John Burgoyne
- With a prisoner on the British Right / Thomas Anburey
- On the line in the center / James Hadden
- No fruits / John Burgoyne
- A reconnaissance in force / John Burgoyne
- In the redoubts / Thomas Anburey
- Saratoga / John Burgoyne
- Valley Forge / Albigence Waldo
- Snatched from destruction / Thomas Paine
- Invasion / Banastre Tarleton
- Conquest / Banastre Tarleton
- King's Mountain / Banastre Tarleton
- Cowpens / Henry Lee
- The race to the Dan / Henry Lee
- Guilford Court House / Henry Lee
- March to Virginia / Charles Cornwallis
- A naval station / Henry Clinton
- A secret movement / James Duncan
- Plans for a siege / George Washington
- The fleet arrives / Francois-Joseph Paul de Grasse
- Naval maneuvers / Henry Clinton
- Siege and assaults / James Duncan
- The want of a covering fleet / Henry Clinton
- Defeat / Charles Cornwallis
- Negotiations for the New Nation / John Adams
- Farewell orders / George Washington.
- Notes:
- "A Perigee book."
- Originally published as Founding fathers as part of the In their own words series.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xviii).
- Contains:
- Founding fathers.
- ISBN:
- 0399530908
- 9780399530906
- 0399525130
- 9780399525131
- OCLC:
- 57369650
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