Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam

General Israel Putnam is remembered in history and legend as exclaiming to the American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes!" As Dowling notes, "All the episodes are retold -- Bunker Hill, the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the Battle of Princeton -- but from the perspective of one who was there throughout, and who always permits us to see Putnam as the sort of character by whom history is, in the last analysis, made."

About the author

David Humphreys; Foreword by William C Dowling

Summary

David Humphreys' biography of Israel Putnam was originally published in 1788. All the episodes of the Revolution are retold - Bunker Hill, the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the Battle of Princeton - but from the perspective of one who was there throughout.

Product details

• Authors: David Humphreys, David Humphreys
• Assisted by: William C. Dowling (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9780865972629
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-262-9
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 217 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 420 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration