Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution /
Philbrick, Nathaniel.
Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution / Nathaniel Philbrick. - xvii, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
Preface : The decisive day -- pt. 1. Liberty -- The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest -- pt. 2. Rebellion -- The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle -- pt. 3. The siege -- The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Character alone.
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe. Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from citizens to vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have maneuvered around each other until April 19th, when violence erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockade and Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way to war in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
9780670025442 0670025445 1611761654 9781611761658 9780143125327 014312532X
2013001534
1775-1783
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
HISTORY--Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)--United States
Schlacht von Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill (Boston, Mass.), Battle of, 1775.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
United States
Massachusetts--Boston.
Boston (Mass.)--History.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
History.
E241.B9 / P48 2013
973.3/312
973.3312 P545b
Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution / Nathaniel Philbrick. - xvii, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
Preface : The decisive day -- pt. 1. Liberty -- The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest -- pt. 2. Rebellion -- The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle -- pt. 3. The siege -- The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Character alone.
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe. Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from citizens to vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have maneuvered around each other until April 19th, when violence erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockade and Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way to war in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
9780670025442 0670025445 1611761654 9781611761658 9780143125327 014312532X
2013001534
1775-1783
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
HISTORY--Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)--United States
Schlacht von Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill (Boston, Mass.), Battle of, 1775.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
United States
Massachusetts--Boston.
Boston (Mass.)--History.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution.
History.
E241.B9 / P48 2013
973.3/312
973.3312 P545b