The Cincinnati-Dance Lectures on the American Revolution; Printed as a Bicentennial project of the Virginia Military Institute through the support of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia and Willis Jefferson Dance, V.M.I. Class of 1907

Brooke, George M. (Chairman, Editorial Committee) and Davis, Thomas W., and Dooley, Edwin L., and Hunter, Robert F., and Sullivan, John D., Jr.

Editore: Virginia Military Institute/The McClure Press, Lexington, VA, 1976

Riguardo questo articolo

Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. v, iii. 89, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. Now in its third century, the Society promotes the public interest in the Revolution through its library and museum collections, publications, and other activities. It is the oldest hereditary society in the United States. The Society does not allow women to join, though there is a partnership society called Daughters of the Cincinnati which permits all female descendants of Continental officers. This volume Includes five lectures delivered at the Institute . during 1970-1975 on the theme of the American Revolution, and a paper on the same theme by a member of the VMI history department. The Contents are: Morison, S.E. Verrazzano, discoverer of Virginia.--Rankin, H.F. Yankee Doodle: the soldier of the American Revolution.--Meade, R.D. Patrick Henry: a fresh reappraisal.--Taylor, G.V. The officers of the French Army in the War of the American Revolution.--Barrett, J.G. The Revolutionary War reminiscences of John Burrows.--Higginbotham, R.D. Washington and American generalship in the Revolution. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Codice articolo 78689

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: The Cincinnati-Dance Lectures on the American Revolution; Printed as a Bicentennial project of the Virginia Military Institute through the support of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia and Willis Jefferson Dance, V.M.I. Class of 1907
• Editore: Virginia Military Institute/The McClure Press, Lexington, VA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• Rilegatura: Wraps
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: Very good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • American Revolution