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1776 /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.Description: 386 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0743226712
Other title:
  • Seventeen seventy-six
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3 22
LOC classification:
  • E208 .M396 2005
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.
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.3 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E208 .M396 2005 1 Available 34517000396138

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

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.

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.

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