The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. Volume 2 of 2 - Couverture souple

Stedman, C

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 127581557X ISBN 13 : 9781275815575

Editeur : Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war.Author: C StedmanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03323402CollectionID: CTRG00-B984PublicationDate: 17940101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Includes index.Collation: 2 v.: maps (some fold.); 28 cm

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Whenever the Britifti and American armies had been oppofed to Jeach other in the field, the fuperiority of the former was confpi177 cuous in every thing, and, in general, even in numbers. The Americans themfelves, impref Ted with an opinion of their own inferiority, were difpirited; and it was with reluctance that they ever attempted to engage the Britifli troops upon equal, or even nearly equal, terms. But fo uncommon an event as the capture of a whole army of their enemies animated them with frefli ardour, invigorated the exertionsof the congrefs, leflened in the mind of the American foldier the high opinion which he had entertained of Britifli valour and difcipline, and infpired him with a jufter confidence in himfel The confequences, however, which this event produced in Europe were of ftill greater moment. In Great Britain the moft fanguine expectations had been raffed from the Canada expedition, the rapid fuccefs of which, in its firft ftages, feemed to promife the moft fortunate if Tue. A junction of the northern army with that at New York was confidently expected jand it was hcped that by this junction a decifive blow would be given to the rebellion, by cutting off the northern from the middle and fouthern colonies. The Britifli nation, elevated with fuch hopes, and encouraged to cherrfli them by the firft intelligence from Canada, which brought an account of the almoft iaftantaneous reduction of Ticonderoga, and the deftrudtion or capture of the provincial naval force in Lake Champlain, fuf Fered proportionate difappointment upon hearing of theultimate failure of the expedition and the total lofs of the army. But if the difappointment of the nation was great,, that of the miniftry was ftill greater; and in a fit of defpondency, it would feem,, they determined, for the fake of peace, and of getting rid of a troublefome and expenfive war, to give up e
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 127581557X
• ISBN 13: 9781275815575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible