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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... London) Page 422 31 Interior of the Jersey Prison Ship. Wood engraving, first published by H. Howe in 1855. (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.) Page 429 Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis. Painting by Thomas Gainsborough ...
... London) Page 422 31 Interior of the Jersey Prison Ship. Wood engraving, first published by H. Howe in 1855. (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.) Page 429 Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis. Painting by Thomas Gainsborough ...
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... London to cave in before hostilities erupted and to grant greater autonomy to the American colonists. Captain Evelyn hoped that would not be the case, and he did not believe it would be. In his first letter from America, written in the ...
... London to cave in before hostilities erupted and to grant greater autonomy to the American colonists. Captain Evelyn hoped that would not be the case, and he did not believe it would be. In his first letter from America, written in the ...
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... London. Like many merchants, Glover would have been adversely affected by Britain's attempted taxation of the colonists and its efforts to tighten its control of American trade outside the empire. But for several years he remained ...
... London. Like many merchants, Glover would have been adversely affected by Britain's attempted taxation of the colonists and its efforts to tighten its control of American trade outside the empire. But for several years he remained ...
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... London while waging the Indian wars in the seventeenth century. The Crown first sent soldiers to America in 1676, seventy years after the first permanent colony had been planted, and then not to assist with a war but to suppress a ...
... London while waging the Indian wars in the seventeenth century. The Crown first sent soldiers to America in 1676, seventy years after the first permanent colony had been planted, and then not to assist with a war but to suppress a ...
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... London was repeatedly dragging the colonists into wars that were only peripherally in the interest of the Americans. Thomas Paine, in his Common Sense published in 1776, spoke for many in his time when he complained that “Great Britain ...
... London was repeatedly dragging the colonists into wars that were only peripherally in the interest of the Americans. Thomas Paine, in his Common Sense published in 1776, spoke for many in his time when he complained that “Great Britain ...
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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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