The Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine And the Fall of Philadelphia - Rilegato

McGuire, Thomas J.

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ISBN 10: 0811701786 ISBN 13: 9780811701785

Casa editrice: Stackpole Books, 2006

Riassunto

The compelling story of the fight for the Continental capital is presented in this examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia, drawing on the eyewitness accounts of soldiers and civilians to offer an in-depth account of the bloody Battle of Brandywine.

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L'autore:

Thomas McGuire teaches American history at Malvern Preparatory School near Paoli, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Battle of Paoli and Stop The Revolution.

Product Description:

The first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution, this book is an in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. Based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civilians, the author weaves together the compelling story of the fight for the Continental capital. In the winter of 1777, after the victories at Trenton and Princeton, George Washington painstakingly rebuilt the Continental Army. The following spring, all eyes turned to the British commander-in-chief, Sir William Howe, to see when and where he would resume the drive on the rebel capital. Numerous skirmishes and seemingly pointless manoeuvres finally led to Pennsylvania. The two main armies finally clashed in the bloody Battle of Brandywine on 11 September, where Howe's flanking tactics inflicted a serious defeat on Washington. Rallying his forces, Washington resumed his defence of Philadelphia, only to be thwarted at the Schuylkill and suffer a small but bloody defeat at Paoli. Congress fled the capital as the British Army approached, and the campaign to win the hearts and minds of the American people raged in full fury as the two armies marched through the region.

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• Editore: Stackpole Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0811701786
• ISBN 13: 9780811701785
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 420