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"1776" by Award Winner David McCullough, 386Pages, Paperback, New (c)2005
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- Condition
- Book Title
- 1776
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Topic
- United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / General, Military
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Academic History
- Book Series
- McCulough
- Modified Item
- No
- Regional Cuisine
- American
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Region
- American Midwest
- Series
- American History
- Country
- United States
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Era
- 1700s
- ISBN
- 9780743226714
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 27.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.Based on extensive research in both American and British archives,1776is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King's men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.Here also is the Revolution as experienced by American Loyalists, Hessian mercenaries, politicians, preachers, traitors, spies, men and women of all kinds caught in the paths of war.At the center of the drama, with Washington, are two young American patriots, who, at first, knew no more of war than what they had read in books -- Nathanael Greene, a Quaker who was made a general at thirty-three, and Henry Knox, a twenty-five-year-old bookseller who had the preposterous idea of hauling the guns of Fort Ticonderoga overland to Boston in the dead of winter.But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.The book begins in London on October 26, 1775, when His Majesty King George III went before Parliament to declare America in rebellion and to affirm his resolve to crush it. From there the story moves to the Siege of Boston and its astonishing outcome, then to New York, where British ships and British troops appear in numbers never imagined and the newly proclaimed Continental Army confronts the enemy for the first time. David McCullough's vivid rendering of the Battle of Brooklyn and the daring American escape that followed is a part of the book few readers will ever forget.As the crucial weeks pass, defeat follows defeat, and in the long retreat across New Jersey, all hope seems gone, until Washington launches the "brilliant stroke" that will change history.The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time,1776is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's1776is another landmark in the literature of American history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743226712
ISBN-13
9780743226714
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43110229
Product Key Features
Book Title
1776
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / General, Military
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E208.M396 2005
Reviews
"This is a narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research and detailed, graceful prose. ...Simply put, this is history writing at its best from one of its top practitioners." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, "A master story-teller's character driven account of a storied year in the American Revolution. A sterling account." -- Kirkus , Starred Review, "A master story-teller's character driven account of a storied year in the American Revolution. A sterling account."--Kirkus, Starred Review, "A master story-teller's character driven account of a storied year in the American Revolution. A sterling account." -- Kirkus, Starred Review, "...McCullough brilliantly captures the Spirit of '76 in Washington's miraculous victories at Trenton and Princeton. An altogether marvelous contribution that deserves to be read by every American."--Library Journal, "This is a narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research and detailed, graceful prose. ...Simply put, this is history writing at its best from one of its top practitioners." -- Publishers Weekly , Starred Review, "...McCullough brilliantly captures the Spirit of '76 in Washington's miraculous victories at Trenton and Princeton. An altogether marvelous contribution that deserves to be read by every American." -- Library Journal, "This is a narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research and detailed, graceful prose. ...Simply put, this is history writing at its best from one of its top practitioners."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Table of Content
Contents Part I: The Siege Chapter One: Sovereign Duty Chapter Two: Rabble in Arms Chapter Three: Dorchester Heights Part II: Fateful Summer Chapter Four: The Lines Are Drawn Chapter Five: Field of Battle Part III: The Long Retreat Chapter Six: Fortune Frowns Chapter Seven: Darkest Hour Acknowledgments Source Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2005-042505
Dewey Decimal
973.3
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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