| Description |
xx, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
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| Note |
Originally published in England with subtitle: The war for America, 1770-1781. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-358) and index. |
| Contents |
Sons of Liberty -- First blood -- Bunker Hill -- Washington takes command -- 'An ugly job' -- The war in Canada -- Disasters in Virginia -- The Declaration of Independence -- The battle for New York -- Generals at loggerheads -- Winter on the Delaware -- The fall of Philadelphia -- The army of the north -- Surrender at Saratoga -- The English debate -- Intrigues at Valley Forge -- Fighting at Monmouth Court House -- Enemies of the French -- Marching through Georgia -- Quarrels in New York -- Butchers and patriots -- Slaughter on King's mountain -- The traitor and the spy -- With Cornwallis in the Carolinas -- The road to Yorktown. |
| Summary |
From back: "For far too long, America's epic struggle for indipendence form British rule has been shrouded in a haze of legend and invention. In this stirring and colorful account, acclaimed popular historian Christopher Hibbert offers the Rvolution from the unique perspective of the vanquished. Here the fabled heroes and villains on both sides of the conflict come to unforgettable life -- Washington, Revere, Burgoyne, Conwallis, Benedict Arnold -- in a remarkably compelling work that truly reveals for perhaps the very first time not only how the colonists won the war, but why the English lost it." |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668 |
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1775-1783
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
American Revolution through British eyes |
| ISBN |
0380715449 : $10.95 |
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9780380715442 |
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