The British are coming: the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial vo...
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| Format: | Buch |
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Henry Holt and Company
2019
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Revolution trilogy
Volume one |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, the ragtag Continental Army takes on the world's most formidable fighting force and gradually finds the will and the way to win. It is a riveting saga populated by singular characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of how best to deploy artillery; Nathaniel Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of America's greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nation's greatest diplomat; George Washington, the commander-in-chief who learns the difficult art of leadership amid the fire and smoke of the battlefield. And the British are here, too: we see the war through their eyes and their gunsights, and as a consequence the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels is all the more compelling. Full of fresh details and untold stories, The British Are Coming gives stirring new life to the first act of our country's creation drama. It is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. But once begun, the war for independence can have only one of two outcomes: death or victory."...Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XVIII, 776 Seiten, 32 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts |
| ISBN: | 9781627790437 |
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| adam_text | Contents LIST OF MAPS xiii MAP LEGEND ХІѴ XV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS prologue, England, June 1773-March 1775 1 1. Inspecting the Fleet 2. Avenging the Tea 3. Preparing for War Part One 1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN 35 Boston, March 6-April 17,1775 2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS 55 Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, U75 3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED 83 Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775 4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE? lió Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775 5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR I4I Into Canada, October-November 1775 6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB 164 London, October-November 1775 7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN 182 Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775 8. THE PATHS OF GLORY I95 Quebec, Decembers, 1775-January 1,1776 Part Two 9· THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE 219 Boston, January-February 1776 Ю. THE WHIPPING SNAKE Cork, Ireland, and Moores Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776 24I
хи I Contents 11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES 257 Boston, March 1776 12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE 273 Quebec, April-June 1776 13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED 297 New York, June 1776 14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL 323 Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776 15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES 348 New York, July-August 1776 16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR 380 New York, September 1776 Part Three 17. MASTER OF THE LAKES 4O5 Lake Champlain, October 1776 18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OFTHINGS 43I New York, October-November 1776 19. A QUAKER IN PARIS 465 France, November-December 1776 20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN 485 New Jersey, December 1776 21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE 5II Trenton, December 24-26,1776 22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN 53О Trenton and Princeton, January 1777 EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777 555 author’s note 565 NOTES 567 SOURCES 703 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 747 INDEX 753
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