Rick Atkinson

The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation?

Adapted from Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, the young readers edition explores these questions and so much more as it delves into the American Revolution. A collection of key battles from the beginning of the war, including Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, sets the scene, telling a story of liberation fraught with contradiction and intrigue.

History buffs and newcomers alike will be drawn into this fascinating, photo-illustrated account.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250800596
• Artikelnr.: 62181044

Autorenporträt

Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy-An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History), The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light-as well as The Long Gray Line and other books. His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, a George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Inhaltsangabe

LIST OF MAPS
MAP LEGEND
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775
1. Inspecting the Fleet
2. Avenging the Tea
3. Preparing for War
PART ONE
1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE?
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB
London, October-November 1775
7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8. THE PATHS OF GLORY
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
PART TWO
9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE
Boston, January-February 1776
10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES
Boston, March 1776
12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE
Quebec, April-June 1776
13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED
New York, June 1776
14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES
New York, July-August 1776
16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR
New York, September 1776
PART THREE
17. MASTER OF THE LAKES
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS
New York, October-November 1776
19. A QUAKER IN PARIS
France, November-December 1776
20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN
New Jersey, December 1776
21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX