Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891 - California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska

Informationen zum Autor Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics, 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army, and the history of fortification. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world. Klappentext With the violent separation between the United States and Britain which began in 1776, the new 'Americans' set off to fulfill their manifest destiny and rule their new land from coast to coast. As they pushed westward, they came into conflict with both natives and other European settlers, and began to build fortresses to defend their newly claimed land. This book charts the development and variation of the fortresses of the American Frontier, covering both American defenses and those of the Spanish in the west. It also examines the little-known forts of early Russian settlers on the Pacific coast.An examination of some of the famous forts of the American frontier, including American, Spanish and even Russian. Zusammenfassung "Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891: California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska".

Product details

• Authors: Ron Field, Field Ron
• Assisted by: Adam Hook (Illustration), Adam (Illustrator) Hook (Illustration), Hook Adam (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2011
• EAN: 9781849083157
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-315-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Fortress; Fortress
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Architecture, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, War and defence operations, american civil war; acw