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PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-101250231329
ISBN-139781250231321
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038491692
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Book TitleBritish Are Coming : the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Number of Pages800 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, Military / United States
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRick Atkinson
Book SeriesThe Revolution Trilogy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal973.3
Table Of ContentLIST OF MAPS MAP LEGEND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775 1. Inspecting the Fleet 2. Avenging the Tea 3. Preparing for War PART ONE 1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775 2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775 3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775 4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE? Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775 5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR Into Canada, October-November 1775 6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB London, October-November 1775 7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775 8. THE PATHS OF GLORY Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776 PART TWO 9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE Boston, January-February 1776 10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776 11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES Boston, March 1776 12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE Quebec, April-June 1776 13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED New York, June 1776 14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776 15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES New York, July-August 1776 16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR New York, September 1776 PART THREE 17. MASTER OF THE LAKES Lake Champlain, October 1776 18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS New York, October-November 1776 19. A QUAKER IN PARIS France, November-December 1776 20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN New Jersey, December 1776 21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE Trenton, December 24-26, 1776 22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN Trenton and Princeton, January 1777 EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777 AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES SOURCES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX
SynopsisThe paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller that the Wall Street Journal said was "chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters." Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America's violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country's creation drama., Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award The paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller that the Wall Street Journal said was "chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters." Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America's violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country's creation drama.
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- 30. Jun. 2020
Title is good but the author is fantastic---I have all three of his WWII books.
My mistake--I thought the book would be a larger paperback liked the one I checked out from the local library. My eyes would have trouble reading the smaller print, at least to me. However, the absolute best book I have read of the first years of the war.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
