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Bicentennial ed. |
| Description |
liv, 1348 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1297-1319) and index. |
| Contents |
The fierce spirit of resistance -- Congress asserts the rights of Americans -- The war begins -- Bunker's Hill -- The battle for Boston -- The Canadian campaigns -- "A great empire and little minds" -- The great declaration -- The loyalists -- The struggle for democracy at home -- The battle for New York -- "Bagging the fox" -- The Burgoyne Campaign -- Howe invades Pennsylvania -- France comes in -- England seeks reconciliation -- The patriots seize the initiative in the middle states -- Spies, treason and mutiny -- The home front in the war -- Health, hospitals and medicine -- Prisons and escapes -- Songs and ballads of the revolution -- Sea battles and naval raids -- Privateering -- American diplomats on the vaunted scene of Europe -- War out of Niagara -- The conquest of the old northwest -- The Redcoats carry the war to the south -- The second campaign to conquer the south -- The turn of the tide -- Virginia -- Yorktown : Washington's vindication -- Winning the peace -- Closing scenes. |
| Summary |
Here are letters, journals, diaries, official documents, diplomatic correspondence, recollections of individuals and Parliamentary debates, all for readers of American history. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668 |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon), 1904-1989, editor.
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| Added Title |
Bicentennial edition of The spirit of 'seventy-six |
| ISBN |
0060108347 |
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9780060108342 |
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