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Book The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth

Download or read book The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Are Coming

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rick Atkinson
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
  • Release : 2019-05-14
  • ISBN : 1627790446
  • Pages : 800 pages

Download or read book The British Are Coming written by Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.

Book I See Nothing But the Horrors of a Civil War

Download or read book I See Nothing But the Horrors of a Civil War written by Alexander Cain and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonly stated history is written by the victor. The American Revolution is no exception. As a result of the American triumph in the War for Independence, loyalists historically have been placed in a negative light. In countless works and popular culture, loyalists have been portrayed as corrupt, inept, greedy people whose blind faith to the British crown led to their downfall. However, such a blind and erroneous stereotype only undermines and trivializes the struggles of the American loyalist. Regardless of their economic or social background, native born whites, immigrants, slaves, freemen and Native Americans banded together in support of King George and the British government. This is the story of the men, women and children from New York and the Hampshire Grants who chose to remain faithful to the Crown and fought as part of McAlpin's Corps of American Volunteers.

Book Ethan Allen

Download or read book Ethan Allen written by Henry Hall and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How to Do it

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  • Author : Edward Everett Hale
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2022-10-30
  • ISBN : 3368127594
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book How to Do it written by Edward Everett Hale and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

Book No Useless Mouth

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  • Author : Rachel B. Herrmann
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2019-11-15
  • ISBN : 1501716123
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book No Useless Mouth written by Rachel B. Herrmann and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rachel B. Herrmann's No Useless Mouth is truly a breath of fresh air in the way it aligns food and hunger as the focal point of a new lens to reexamine the American Revolution. Her careful scrutiny, inclusive approach, and broad synthesis―all based on extensive archival research―produced a monograph simultaneously rich, audacious, insightful, lively, and provocative."―The Journal of American History In the era of the American Revolution, the rituals of diplomacy between the British, Patriots, and Native Americans featured gifts of food, ceremonial feasts, and a shared experience of hunger. When diplomacy failed, Native Americans could destroy food stores and cut off supply chains in order to assert authority. Black colonists also stole and destroyed food to ward off hunger and carve out tenuous spaces of freedom. Hunger was a means of power and a weapon of war. In No Useless Mouth, Rachel B. Herrmann argues that Native Americans and formerly enslaved black colonists ultimately lost the battle against hunger and the larger struggle for power because white British and United States officials curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms. By describing three interrelated behaviors—food diplomacy, victual imperialism, and victual warfare—the book shows that, during this tumultuous period, hunger prevention efforts offered strategies to claim power, maintain communities, and keep rival societies at bay. Herrmann shows how Native Americans, free blacks, and enslaved peoples were "useful mouths"—not mere supplicants for food, without rights or power—who used hunger for cooperation and violence, and took steps to circumvent starvation. Her wide-ranging research on black Loyalists, Iroquois, Cherokee, Creek, and Western Confederacy Indians demonstrates that hunger creation and prevention were tools of diplomacy and warfare available to all people involved in the American Revolution. Placing hunger at the center of these struggles foregrounds the contingency and plurality of power in the British Atlantic during the Revolutionary Era. Thanks to generous funding from Cardiff University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Book The Works of Benjamin Franklin

Download or read book The Works of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Nova Scotia  Or Acadie

Download or read book A History of Nova Scotia Or Acadie written by Beamish Murdoch and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third of a three-volume series that discusses, in great depth, the history of Nova Scotia, including its history as Acadie, the first visit of Frenchman DeMonts, the province's early fishing and trading economy and much more. This volume begins in the year 1782 with the arrival of the governor, John Parr, and continues through the political state of the province in 1826.

Book Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Download or read book Naval Documents of the American Revolution written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Download or read book Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin written by State Historical Society of Wisconsin and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1855 the society's annual reports were included in its Proceedings.

Book The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New

Download or read book The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New written by Timothy Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut

Download or read book The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut written by Frederic Gregory Mather and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history, accompanied by documentary material and biographical sketches, of the American sympathizers who emigrated to Connecticut after the battle of Long island.

Book The Revolution on the Upper Ohio  1775 1777

Download or read book The Revolution on the Upper Ohio 1775 1777 written by Reuben Gold Thwaites and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A People Numerous and Armed

Download or read book A People Numerous and Armed written by John W. Shy and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans like to think of themselves as a peaceful and peace-loving people, and in remembering their own revolutionary past, American historians have long tended to focus on colonial origins and Constitutional aftermath, neglecting the fact that the American Revolution was a long, hard war. In this book, John Shy shifts the focus to the Revolutionary War and explores the ways in which the experience of that war was entangled with both the causes and the consequences of the Revolution itself. This is not a traditional military chronicle of battles and campaigns, but a series of essays that recapture the social, political, and even intellectual dimensions of the military effort that had created an American nation by 1783. Book jacket.

Book An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

Download or read book An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America written by J. P. MacLean and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America is a fascinating historical work by J.P. MacLean, a prominent Scottish-American historian. MacLean delves into the immigration and settlement of Scotch Highlanders in America, shedding light on their unique cultural traditions and the challenges they faced in adapting to a new land. This meticulously researched account offers valuable insights into an often-overlooked aspect of American history.

Book History of Michigan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Moore
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781020334399
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book History of Michigan written by Charles Moore and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the state of Michigan, from its early settlement by Native Americans to the end of the 19th century. Written by historian Charles Moore, this book covers all the major events and figures in Michigan's history, including the French explorers, the British occupation, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. With a wealth of archival material and personal anecdotes, this book is an engaging and informative read for anyone interested in Michigan history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.