Henry Knox

Henry Knox

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780230623880
Untertitel:
Visionary General of the American Revolution
Autor:
Mark Puls
Herausgeber:
St. Martin's Griffin
Anzahl Seiten:
290
Erscheinungsdatum:
11.05.2010
ISBN:
0230623883

In this compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general whose skills as an engineer and artilleryman played a key role in all of George Washington's battles Mark Puls breathes new life into the American Revolution and firmly assigns Knox to his deserved place in history.

Informationen zum Autor Mark Puls Klappentext Mark Puls delivers a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general who played a key role in all of George Washington's battles. During the Siege of Boston, Henry Knox's amazing 300 mile transport of forty nine cannons from Ticonderoga saved the city. Building upon his talent for logistics, Knox engineered Washington's famous Christmas night passage to safety across the Delaware River. And it was the general's tactical successes that made the final victory at Yorktown possible. With riveting battle scenes, inspiring patriotism, and vivid prose, Puls breathes new life into the American Revolution and firmly re-establishes Knox in his deserved place in history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Love and War * Ticonderoga * Ragamuffins * Delaware Crossing * The Battle for Philadelphia * Turning of the Tide * Yorktown * The End of War * Confederation Secretary * Secretary of War * Soldier's Home * Epilogue: Legacy

Autorentext
Mark Puls

Klappentext
Mark Puls delivers a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general who played a key role in all of George Washington's battles.

During the Siege of Boston, Henry Knox's amazing 300 mile transport of forty nine cannons from Ticonderoga saved the city. Building upon his talent for logistics, Knox engineered Washington's famous Christmas night passage to safety across the Delaware River. And it was the general's tactical successes that made the final victory at Yorktown possible. With riveting battle scenes, inspiring patriotism, and vivid prose, Puls breathes new life into the American Revolution and firmly re-establishes Knox in his deserved place in history.

Inhalt
Love and War * Ticonderoga * Ragamuffins * Delaware Crossing * The Battle for Philadelphia * Turning of the Tide * Yorktown * The End of War * Confederation Secretary * Secretary of War * Soldier's Home * Epilogue: Legacy


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