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The British are coming : the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial vo...
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Atkinson, Rick. Revolution trilogy ;
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: England, June 1773-March 1775
- Part One.
- God Himself our captain: Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
- Men came down from the clouds: Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
- I wish this cursed place was burned: Boston and Charlestown May-June 1775
- What shall we say of human nature?: Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
- I shall try to retard the evil hour: Into Canada, October-November 1775
- America is an ugly job: London, October-November 1775
- They fought, bled, and died like Englishmen: Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
- The paths of glory: Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
- Part Two.
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate: Boston, January-February 1776
- The whipping snake: Cork, Ireland and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
- City of our solemnities: Boston, March 1776
- A strange reverse of fortune: Quebec, April-June 1776
- Surrounded by enemies, open and concealed: New York, June 1776
- A dog in a dancing school: Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
- A fight among wolves: New York, July-August 1776
- A sentimental manner of making war: New York, September 1776
- Part Three.
- Master of the lakes: Lake Champlain, October 1776
- The retrograde motion of things: New York, October-November 1776
- A Quaker in Paris: France, November-December 1776
- Fire-and-Sword men: New Jersey, December 1776
- The smiles of Providence: Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
- The day is our own: Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
- Epilogue: England and America, 1777.