Band of giants : the amateur soldiers who won America's independence
2014
973.30922 K28 2014 MB
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Title
Band of giants : the amateur soldiers who won America's independence
Edition
First ed.
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description
276 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
973.30922 K28 2014 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)869437528
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-268) and index.
Contents: Knowledge of the military art: 1754 -- Blows must decide: 1774 -- The predicament we are in: 1775 -- Learning to be soldiers: 1775 -- Precious convoy: 1776 -- Sudden and violent: 1776 -- Valcour Island: 1776 -- An indecisive mind: 1776 -- Your country is at stake: 1776 -- A continual clap of thunder: 1777 -- Fight as well as brag: 1777 -- Something more at stake: 1777 -- The discipline of the leggs: 1778 -- The boldest conduct: 1779 -- The fate of battle: 1780 -- Downright fighting: 1780 -- War is an intricate business: 1781 -- America is ours: 1781 -- Our troops: 1782 -- The large hearts of heroes: 1824.
L2014M138
Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the revolutionary war. The soldiers of the American Revolution were a diverse lot: merchants and mechanics, farmers and fishermen, paragons and drunkards. Most were ardent amateurs. Even George Washington, assigned to take over the army around Boston in 1775, consulted books on military tactics. Jack Kelly vividly captures the fraught condition of the war--the bitterly divided populace, the lack of supplies, the repeated setbacks on the battlefield, and the appalling physical hardships--Provided by the publisher.
Contents: Knowledge of the military art: 1754 -- Blows must decide: 1774 -- The predicament we are in: 1775 -- Learning to be soldiers: 1775 -- Precious convoy: 1776 -- Sudden and violent: 1776 -- Valcour Island: 1776 -- An indecisive mind: 1776 -- Your country is at stake: 1776 -- A continual clap of thunder: 1777 -- Fight as well as brag: 1777 -- Something more at stake: 1777 -- The discipline of the leggs: 1778 -- The boldest conduct: 1779 -- The fate of battle: 1780 -- Downright fighting: 1780 -- War is an intricate business: 1781 -- America is ours: 1781 -- Our troops: 1782 -- The large hearts of heroes: 1824.
L2014M138
Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the revolutionary war. The soldiers of the American Revolution were a diverse lot: merchants and mechanics, farmers and fishermen, paragons and drunkards. Most were ardent amateurs. Even George Washington, assigned to take over the army around Boston in 1775, consulted books on military tactics. Jack Kelly vividly captures the fraught condition of the war--the bitterly divided populace, the lack of supplies, the repeated setbacks on the battlefield, and the appalling physical hardships--Provided by the publisher.
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