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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100593318501
ISBN-139780593318508
eBay Product ID (ePID)6063202469
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Book TitleThis Fierce People : the Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Revolutionary, United States / General
Publication Year2024
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorAlan Pell Crawford
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight25.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-050429
Reviews"Mr. Crawford's account is incisively and carefully written, splendidly paced, and supported by a mine of primary and secondary sources. This Fierce People is military history in an older tradition, in which the outcomes of great conflicts depend on the foresight, character and courage of individual men. Yet Mr. Crawford, a journalist and historian based in Richmond, Va., doesn't ignore the role of slavery in the ferocity of southern resistance. . . . Rivetingly related." --Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal "A valuable addition to Revolutionary War history that adds useful detail and perspective." --Mark Knoblauch, Booklist, "Mr. Crawford's account is incisively and carefully written, splendidly paced, and supported by a mine of primary and secondary sources. This Fierce People is military history in an older tradition, in which the outcomes of great conflicts depend on the foresight, character and courage of individual men. Yet Mr. Crawford, a journalist and historian based in Richmond, Va., doesn't ignore the role of slavery in the ferocity of southern resistance. . . . Rivetingly related." --Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal "Crawford provides a vivid, page-turning account . . . rich in memorable characters and dramatic scenes." -- Dan McLaughlin, National Review "Elegant . . . Incisive . . . Crawford's objective discussion of the South's role in the Revolutionary War makes for compelling reading." --Andy Brack, Charleston City Paper "A valuable addition to Revolutionary War history that adds useful detail and perspective." --Mark Knoblauch, Booklist
Dewey Edition23/eng/20231214
Dewey Decimal975/.03
SynopsisA groundbreaking, important recovery of history; the overlooked story--fully explored--of the critical aspect of America's Revolutionary War that was fought in the South, showing that the British surrender at Yorktown was the direct result of the southern campaign, and that the battles that emerged south of the Mason-Dixon line between loyalists to the Crown and patriots who fought for independence were, in fact, America's first civil war., A groundbreaking, important recovery of history; the overlooked story--fully explored--of the critical aspect of America's Revolutionary War that was fought in the South, showing that the British surrender at Yorktown was the direct result of the southern campaign, and that the battles that emerged south of the Mason-Dixon line between loyalists to the Crown and patriots who fought for independence were, in fact, America's first civil war. The famous battles that form the backbone of the story put forth of American independence--at Lexington and Concord, Brandywine, Germantown, Saratoga, and Monmouth--while crucial, did not lead to the surrender at Yorktown. It was in the three-plus years between Monmouth and Yorktown that the war was won. Alan Pell Crawford's riveting new book, This Fierce People, tells the story of these missing three years, long ignored by historians, and of the fierce battles fought in the South that made up the central theater of military operations in the latter years of the Revolutionary War, upending the essential American myth that the War of Independence was fought primarily in the North. Weaving throughout the stories of the heroic men and women, largely unsung patriots--African Americans and whites, militiamen and "irregulars," patriots and Tories, Americans, Frenchmen, Brits, and Hessians--Crawford reveals the misperceptions and contradictions of our accepted understanding of how our nation came to be, as well as the national narrative that America's victory over the British lay solely with General George Washington and his troops.
LC Classification NumberE230.5.S7C73 2024
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- 22. Okt. 2024
Good overall history of the struggle in the South.
Excellent source of information about the battles and struggles during the Revolutionary War in the South.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
