Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The First Salute: A View Of The American RevolutionISBN13:9780345336675ISBN10:0345336674Author:Tuchman, Barbara W. (Author)Description:Barbara W Tuchman, The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Of The Classic The Guns Of August, Turns Her Sights Homeward With This Brilliant, Insightful Narrative Of The Revolutionary War In The First Salute, One Of America's Consummate Historians Crafts A Rigorously Original View Of The American Revolution Barbara W Tuchman Places The Revolution In The Context Of The Centuries-Long Conflicts Between England And Both France And Holland, Demonstrating How The Aid To The American Colonies Of Both These Nations Made The Triumph Of Independence Possible She Sheds New Light On The Key Role Played By The Contending Navies, Paints A Magnificent Portrait Of George Washington, And Recounts In Riveting Detail The Decisive Campaign Of The War At Yorktown By Turns Lyrical And Gripping, The First Salute Is An Exhilarating Account Of The Birth Of A Nation Praise For The First Salute Nothing In A Novel Could Be More Thrilling Than The Moment In This Glorious History When French Soldiers Arrive To] See A Tall, Familiar Figure: George Washington It Is Only Part Of Tuchman's Genius That She Can Reconstitute Such Scenes With So Much Precision And Passion --People Tuchman Writes Narrative History In The Great Tradition A Persuasive Book, Which Brings Us Entertaining Pictures, Scenes And Characters --Chicago Tribune A] Tightly Woven Narrative, Ingeniously Structured --The Christian Science Monitor Tuchman Turns To America With A Fresh New View Of The Events That Led From The First Foreign Salute To The American Nationhood In 1776 To The Last Campaign Of The Revolution Five Years Later--The Moment That Inaugurated The Existence Of A New Nation, And Announced The Coming Of A Democratic Age To The Old World 8 Pages Of Color, 8 Pages Of Photos, 7 Maps Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Random House TradePublication Date:1989-09-06Weight:0.97 lbsDimensions:1.03'' H x 9.2'' L x 6.18'' WNumber of Pages:448Language:English
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Book Title: First Salute : a View of the American Revolution
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1989
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), North America
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
