Braddock Road (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Lacock, John Kennedy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332878687 ISBN 13 : 9781332878680

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Trace the Braddock expedition from Alexandria to Duquesne with a historian’s careful map and route. This nonfiction work reconstructs the 1755 march using detailed topographic sheets, eyewitness journals, and a hand‑drawn map that shows the road, encampments, and key crossings. It blends narrative with precise geography to illuminate how logistics, terrain, and leadership shaped the campaign.

Two central threads run through the study: the challenges Braddock faced in provisioning and wagon movement, and the road-building effort that connected a distant base to the army. The author weighs competing accounts, clarifies locations, and explains where delays came from and why the plan ultimately met stiff limits in the field.

• Learn how the road was laid out across Pennsylvania and Maryland, and where it intersected with major routes of the period.


• See the sequence of encampments and the terrain that dictated marching tempo and strategy.


• Understand Braddock’s decisions on Indian relations, wagons, and supply lines, with context from contemporary sources.


• Explore the collaborative role of figures like Benjamin Franklin in supporting the expedition.

Ideal for readers of military history, early American roads, and Pennsylvania local history, this edition offers a clear, map‑driven view of a pivotal campaign.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332878687
• ISBN 13: 9781332878680
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 58
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible