1776 David McCullough

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCullough, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Physical Description:

386 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Seventeen seventy-six

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.

Summary:

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.

Contents:

The siege

Sovereign duty

Rabble in arms

Dorchester heights

Fateful summer

The lines are drawn

Field of battle

The long retreat

Fortune frowns

Darkest hour.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line: Edward Hand Papers.

ISBN:

0743226712

9780743226714

OCLC:

57557578

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