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  • Formaat: Microfilm, Illustrations, maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-May-2005
  • Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster
  • ISBN-10: 0743226712
  • ISBN-13: 9780743226714
  • Formaat: Microfilm, Illustrations, maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-May-2005
  • Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster
  • ISBN-10: 0743226712
  • ISBN-13: 9780743226714
Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a landmark history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the stunning American victory at Trenton, capturing the people and events that transformed American history. 1,250,000 first printing.

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Winner of New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (Nonfiction) 2005 and Quill Awards (Hist/Current Events/Pol) 2005.
Part I: The Siege
CHAPTER ONE: SOVEREIGN DUTY
3(17)
CHAPTER TWO: RABBLE IN ARMS
20(50)
CHAPTER THREE: DORCHESTER HEIGHTS
70(45)
Part II: Fateful Summer
CHAPTER FOUR: THE LINES ARE DRAWN
115(40)
CHAPTER FIVE: FIELD OF BATTLE
155(46)
Part III: The Long Retreat
CHAPTER SIX: FORTUNE FROWNS
201(46)
CHAPTER SEVEN: DARKEST HOUR
247(48)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 295(4)
SOURCE NOTES 299(48)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 347(26)
INDEX 373