عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
E259 .C43 2007
E259
.
C43
2007
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1402207530
(Number (ISBN
9781402207532
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b770186
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The first American army :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the untold story of George Washington and the men behind America's first fight for freedom /
First Statement of Responsibility
Bruce Chadwick.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Naperville, Illinois :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Sourcebooks,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, 1 map ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1: Bunker Hill: the arrival of Private John Greenwood, age fifteen, fifer -- 2: The siege of Boston, 1775-1776: Private Greenwood joins an armed camp -- 3: Camp life -- 4: Mother and son reunion -- 5: The soldiers -- 6: Why they fought -- March to Quebec -- 7: Private Jeremiah Greenman and Benedict Arnold -- 8: Jeremiah Greenman: prisoner of war -- 9: A harrowing retreat -- 10: The healers: the reverend, the doctor, and the smallpox scourge -- 11: Death becomes a daily visitor -- 12: The compassionate minister and the enraged doctor -- 13: Christmas, 1776: Private John Greenwood crosses the Delaware -- 14: The victory that saved the revolution -- 15: New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1777-1778: Lieutenant James McMichael: a poet goes to war -- 16: Women of the revolution -- 17: Saratoga, 1777: the arduous journey of Sergeant Ebenezer Wild, nineteen -- Valley Forge -- 18: The harsh road to a winter camp -- 19: Private Elijah Fisher and the agony of Valley Forge -- 20: "The soldiers of our army are almost naked ... ": Lieutenant James McMichael: the poet -- 21: Private Elijah Fisher joins Washington's elite life guard, 1778 -- 22: Monmouth, 1778:L Captain Sylvanus Seely's militia goes to war -- 23: The secret life of Captain Seely -- 24: Spring 1778: the African American soldiers -- 25: The heroism of the black Rhode Island regiment -- 26: John Greenwood, privateer -- 27: 1779-1780: the war's worst winter and mutiny -- 28: Springfield: the militia saves the revolution -- 29: 1781: victory at Yorktown.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Draws from the letters and journals of those who served under George Washington in the Continental Army to provide a narrative of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought the battles.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
1st American army
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Washington, George,1732-1799-- Friends and associates.
Washington, George,1732-1799.
Washington, George,1732-1799.
Washington, George.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- Military life.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Soldiers-- United States-- Social conditions-- 18th century.
Armed Forces-- Military life.
Friendship.
Militär
Social aspects.
Soldat
Soldiers-- Social conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Social aspects.
United States.
USA, Revolution.
USA.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
973
.
3/4
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
E259
Book number
.
C43
2007
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Chadwick, Bruce.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206162700.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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