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Title
1776 / David McCullough.
Author
McCullough, David G.
ISBN
0743226712
Publication Details
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Language
English
Description
386 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Item Number
9780743226714
Call Number
E208 .M396 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.3
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371) and index.
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Table of 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.
Sovereign duty
Rabble in arms
Dorchester heights
Fateful summer
The lines are drawn
Field of battle
The long retreat
Fortune frowns
Darkest hour.