1776Simon and Schuster, 24 mai 2005 - 400 pagini America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George Washington. In this masterful 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, 1776 is 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. Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough’s 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history. |
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... British Captain Archibald Robertson Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCullough, David G. 1776/ David McCullough. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. 1. United States–History—Revolution, 1775 ...
... British Captain Archibald Robertson Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCullough, David G. 1776/ David McCullough. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. 1. United States–History—Revolution, 1775 ...
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... British troops remained under siege at Boston and were running short of food and supplies. On July 3, General George Washington of Virginia had taken command of the American “rabble.” With 3,000 miles of ocean separating Britain from ...
... British troops remained under siege at Boston and were running short of food and supplies. On July 3, General George Washington of Virginia had taken command of the American “rabble.” With 3,000 miles of ocean separating Britain from ...
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... portentous and ruinous consequences.” The hiring of foreign troops was an “alarming and dangerous expedient.” Even more deplorable was the prospect of “shedding British blood by British hands.” Any notion of conquering 12 David McCullough.
... portentous and ruinous consequences.” The hiring of foreign troops was an “alarming and dangerous expedient.” Even more deplorable was the prospect of “shedding British blood by British hands.” Any notion of conquering 12 David McCullough.
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David McCullough. “shedding British blood by British hands.” Any notion of conquering America was “wild and extravagant,” said the Earl of Coventry. The administration was “no longer to be trusted,” said Lord Lyttleton bitterly. “How ...
David McCullough. “shedding British blood by British hands.” Any notion of conquering America was “wild and extravagant,” said the Earl of Coventry. The administration was “no longer to be trusted,” said Lord Lyttleton bitterly. “How ...
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... British nation, which when roused knows no opposition.” Let me remind you of those extensive and successful wars that this country has carried on before the continent of America was known. Let me turn your attention to that period when ...
... British nation, which when roused knows no opposition.” Let me remind you of those extensive and successful wars that this country has carried on before the continent of America was known. Let me turn your attention to that period when ...
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Dorchester Heights | 70 |
Fateful Summer | 113 |
Field of Battle | 155 |
Fortune Frowns | 201 |
Darkest Hour | 247 |
acknowledgments | 295 |
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Pagina 10 - America would have discerned the traitorous views of their leaders, and have been convinced that to be a subject of Great Britain, with all its consequences, is to be the freest member of any civil society in the known world.