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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... Colonel John Glover. Anonymous facsimile of a pencil drawing by John Trumbull, date unknown. (Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden ...
... Colonel John Glover. Anonymous facsimile of a pencil drawing by John Trumbull, date unknown. (Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden ...
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... Colonel John Laurens. Watercolor on ivory, by Charles Willson Peale in 1780. (The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, on loan from a private collection) Page 343 Raleigh. Model of Continental frigate, made by August L ...
... Colonel John Laurens. Watercolor on ivory, by Charles Willson Peale in 1780. (The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, on loan from a private collection) Page 343 Raleigh. Model of Continental frigate, made by August L ...
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... utmost exertions of desperate Valor” could save George Washington's army and the cause, Colonel John Haslet had written on the eve on the redcoats' landing.1 Though the British could not see them, Continental soldiers were. 2. introduction.
... utmost exertions of desperate Valor” could save George Washington's army and the cause, Colonel John Haslet had written on the eve on the redcoats' landing.1 Though the British could not see them, Continental soldiers were. 2. introduction.
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... Colonel John Glover, whom Washington had come to think of as a reliable leader after seeing him in action in the fighting for New York. Glover and his men were not expected to defeat the British who landed. They were to stop them just ...
... Colonel John Glover, whom Washington had come to think of as a reliable leader after seeing him in action in the fighting for New York. Glover and his men were not expected to defeat the British who landed. They were to stop them just ...
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... Colonel Glover, the American commander at Pell's Point, was quite unlike Captain Evelyn. Twelve years older, Glover hailed from a humble background. The son and grandson of house carpenters in Salem, Massachusetts, young Glover had not ...
... Colonel Glover, the American commander at Pell's Point, was quite unlike Captain Evelyn. Twelve years older, Glover hailed from a humble background. The son and grandson of house carpenters in Salem, Massachusetts, young Glover had not ...
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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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Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence John Ferling Omejen predogled - 2007 |
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