The Day the American Revolution Began 19 April 1775 - Brossura

Hallahan, William H.

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ISBN 10: 0380796058 ISBN 13: 9780380796052

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2001

Riassunto

Traces the events of Lexington and Concord through the letters, diaries, official documents, and memoirs of people from all walks of life, from rebel leader Samuel Adams to apprehensive Loyalists, farmers, shopkeepers, statesmen, aristocrats, traitors, and opportunists. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

William H. Hallahan is the author of both fiction and nonfiction. His previous book, Misfire, covered the history of U.S. military shoulder arms and the men who carried them into battle. He lives in New Jersey.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

At four in the morning on April 19, 1975, a line of British soldiers stared across the village green of Lexington, Massachusetts, at a crowd of seventy-seven Amercican militiamen. A shot rang out, and the Redcoats replied with a devastating volley.

But the day that started so well for the king's troops would end in catastrophe: seventy-three British soldiers dead, two hundred wounded, and the survivors chased back into Boston by the angry colonists. Drawing on diaries, letters, official documents, and memoirs, William H. Hallahan vividly captures the drama of those tense twenty-four hours and shows how they decided the fate of two nations.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0380796058
• ISBN 13: 9780380796052
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352