Bibliograph

1776, David McCullough

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1776, David McCullough

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1776

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

David McCullough

Summary

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 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 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. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle

Table Of Contents

The siege -- Sovereign duty -- Rabble in arms -- Dorchester heights -- Fateful summer -- The lines are drawn -- Field of battle -- The long retreat -- Fortune frowns -- Darkest hour

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Seventeen seventy-six

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