Where They Fell: A Walker's Guide to the Battlefields of the World - Hardcover

Newark, Tim

4.08

12 ratings by Goodreads

9780764152474: Where They Fell: A Walker's Guide to the Battlefields of the World

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764152475 ISBN 13: 9780764152474

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 2000

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Combining vivid illustrations, dramatic photos in colour and black-and-white, battle maps, landscape diagrams, and fascinating sidebar features, this volume recounts 17 military campaigns that changed the course of history. It also serves as a superb travel guide for history buffs, suggesting points of interest and significance they should explore when they visit these memorable fields of battle. Read about: Hastings (1066), William the Conqueror's conquest of Britain Bunker Hill (1775), the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War Waterloo (1815), Wellington's landmark victory that put an end to Napoleon's dreams of empire The Alamo (1836), the legendary fight by Texans seeking independence from Mexico Antietam (1862), the battle that marked the single bloodiest day in the American Civil War

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Product Description:

Suggests battlefield destinations to explore, including such battles as Hastings, Bunker Hill, Waterloo, the Alamo, Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, and Normandy, and includes a directory of battle museums and tour operations.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.