The Day the American Revolution Began - 19 April 1775

Informationen zum Autor William H. Hallahan is the author of both fiction and nonfiction. His previous book, Misfire, covered the history of U.S. military shoulder arms and the men who carried them into battle. He lives in New Jersey. Klappentext At four in the morning on April 19, 1775, a line of British soldiers stared across the village green of Lexington, Massachusetts, at a crowd of seventy-seven American militiamen. A shot rang out, and the Redcoats replied with a devastating volley.But the day that started so well for the king's troops would end in catastrophe: seventy-three British soldiers dead, two hundred wounded, and the survivors chased back into Boston by the angry colonists. Drawing on diaries, letters, official documents, and memoirs, William H. Hallahan vividly captures the drama of those tense twenty-four hours and shows how they decided the fate of two nations. Zusammenfassung At four in the morning on April 19, 1775, a line of British soldiers stared across the village green of Lexington, Massachusetts, at a crowd of seventy-seven American militiamen. A shot rang out, and the Redcoats replied with a devastating volley. But the day that started so well for the king's troops would end in catastrophe: seventy-three British soldiers dead, two hundred wounded, and the survivors chased back into Boston by the angry colonists. Drawing on diaries, letters, official documents, and memoirs, William H. Hallahan vividly captures the drama of those tense twenty-four hours and shows how they decided the fate of two nations.

Product details

• Authors: William H Hallahan, William H. Hallahan
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2001
• EAN: 9780380796052
• ISBN: 978-0-380-79605-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: Historiography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs