The First Stroke: Lexington, Concord, And the Beginning of the American Revolution - Couverture souple

Fleming, Thomas; National Park Service

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 141022306X ISBN 13 : 9781410223067

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2005

Synopsis

CONTENTS Gunfire at Dawn A Struggle to Unite Brinkmanship in Massachusetts March to Lexington The Capture of Concord Challenge at the Bridge The Road to Inevitable Destruction "A New and More Terrific Scene" The Battle of Menotomy An Image of Free Men

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On April 19, 1775, thirty-eight Americans formed two uneven lines on the wet grass of the two-acre common in of Lexington, Massachusetts. They were summoned by the rolling beat of sixteen-year-old William Diamond’s brightly painted drum. The order to sound this call to arms had been given by Lexington’s militia captain, John Parker. As Diamond’s drum rolled, Parker’s men had formed up in response to a warning from a rider Parker had sent to scout the Boston road. A British column, he said, was fifteen minutes away. This is just one of the vivid scenes New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming sets in First Stroke, his history of the opening days of the American Revolution, beginning with the Boston Tea Party.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 141022306X
• ISBN 13: 9781410223067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible