The Resource Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence, Joseph J. Ellis, (electronic resource)

Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence, Joseph J. Ellis, (electronic resource)

Label
Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence
Title
Revolutionary summer
Title remainder
the birth of American independence
Statement of responsibility
Joseph J. Ellis
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Pulitzer-winning American historian Joseph Ellis tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.--From publisher description
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Ellis, Joseph J
Dewey number
973.3
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
E208
LC item number
.E48 2013eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • 18th Century
  • Revolutionary
  • Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
  • United States
Label
Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence, Joseph J. Ellis, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=710879C2-5CB1-4EB9-A6E5-D940945EA1F5
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-208) and index
Color
multicolored
Contents
Prudence dictates -- Of arms and men -- Dogs that did not bark -- Etc., etc., etc -- After virtue -- The fog of war -- Hearts and minds -- A long war -- Postscript: necessary fictions
Control code
ocn849739113
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 219, [8] p. of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780385349628
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Other physical details
col. ill., map.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)849739113
Label
Revolutionary summer : the birth of American independence, Joseph J. Ellis, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=710879C2-5CB1-4EB9-A6E5-D940945EA1F5
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-208) and index
Color
multicolored
Contents
Prudence dictates -- Of arms and men -- Dogs that did not bark -- Etc., etc., etc -- After virtue -- The fog of war -- Hearts and minds -- A long war -- Postscript: necessary fictions
Control code
ocn849739113
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 219, [8] p. of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780385349628
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Other physical details
col. ill., map.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)849739113

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