Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of IndependenceOxford University Press, 4. jun. 2007 - 704 strani In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. Some do not always measure up to their iconic reputations, including Washington himself. The book also examines the many faceless men who soldiered, often for years on end, braving untold dangers and enduring abounding miseries. The author explains why they served and sacrificed, and sees them as the forgotten heroes who won American independence. |
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... April 19, 1775, Evelyn and the King's Own were part of an operation to destroy a rebel arsenal in Concord, about twenty miles west of Boston. It was a bloody day. Though unharmed, Evelyn was shaken. He was astonished that the New ...
... April 19, 1775, Evelyn and the King's Own were part of an operation to destroy a rebel arsenal in Concord, about twenty miles west of Boston. It was a bloody day. Though unharmed, Evelyn was shaken. He was astonished that the New ...
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... April 19 Gage put into operation a plan with twin objectives. He sent out a force of nine hundred men to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the principal provocateurs who were thought to be in Lexington, about a dozen miles ...
... April 19 Gage put into operation a plan with twin objectives. He sent out a force of nine hundred men to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two of the principal provocateurs who were thought to be in Lexington, about a dozen miles ...
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... April 19. During the rainy night that followed, militiamen poured steadily into the outskirts of the city, the sense of adventure and importance strong with them. Many came considerable distances in a surprisingly short time, as was the ...
... April 19. During the rainy night that followed, militiamen poured steadily into the outskirts of the city, the sense of adventure and importance strong with them. Many came considerable distances in a surprisingly short time, as was the ...
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... April 19, he had missed the action on Battle Road, but the following day he gingerly pulled himself atop his horse and made a painful thirty-mile ride to the environs of Boston to take command of his colony's army, a post to which the ...
... April 19, he had missed the action on Battle Road, but the following day he gingerly pulled himself atop his horse and made a painful thirty-mile ride to the environs of Boston to take command of his colony's army, a post to which the ...
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... April 19 when the alarm reached his village. He literally dropped his plow, mounted his horse, collected his minutemen, and headed for Concord, which he reached at sunrise on the day after the battle. The next day he was present for ...
... April 19 when the alarm reached his village. He literally dropped his plow, mounted his horse, collected his minutemen, and headed for Concord, which he reached at sunrise on the day after the battle. The next day he was present for ...
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THE WAR IN THE NORTH 17761779 | 73 |
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH 17801781 | 407 |
AMERICAN VICTORY 17811783 | 521 |
Abbreviations | 576 |
Notes | 578 |
Bibliography | 653 |
Index | 663 |
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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence John E. Ferling Omejen predogled - 2009 |
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