Status
Available
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Publication
Perennial (HarperCollins) (First Edition)
Pages
328
Description
Traces the events of Lexington and Concord through the letters, diaries, official documents, and memoirs of people from all walks of life, from rebel leader Samual Adams to apprehensive Loyalists, farmers, and statesmen.
Description
At four in the morning on April 19, 1975, a line of British soldiers stared across the village green of Lexington, Massachusetts, at a crowd of seventy-seven Amercican militiamen. A shot rang out, and the Redcoats replied with a devastating volley.
But the day that started so well for the king's troops would end in catastrophe: seventy-three British soldiers dead, two hundred wounded, and the survivors chased back into Boston by the angry colonists. Drawing on diaries, letters, official documents, and memoirs, William H. Hallahan vividly captures the drama of those tense twenty-four hours and shows how they decided the fate of two nations.
But the day that started so well for the king's troops would end in catastrophe: seventy-three British soldiers dead, two hundred wounded, and the survivors chased back into Boston by the angry colonists. Drawing on diaries, letters, official documents, and memoirs, William H. Hallahan vividly captures the drama of those tense twenty-four hours and shows how they decided the fate of two nations.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
328 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0380796058 / 9780380796052
User reviews
LibraryThing member torrey23
This is a very good, informative, engaging text about the beginning of the Revolutionary War. There is a host of information about one short, but long-reaching, incident in the war.
Call number
SOC H.600