Henry Knox: A Soldier of the Revolution, Major-General in the Continental Army and Washington's Chief of Artillery (Cosimo Classics Biography) - Hardcover

Brooks, Noah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1602069506 ISBN 13: 9781602069503

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

This entertaining biography explores the life of Henry Knox, a bookseller from Boston who secured his place in history when he brought the guns of Ticonderoga all the way from the shores of Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights, near Boston, at the beginning of the American Revolution. Eventually a general in his own right, Knox and his artillery were key to ending the siege of Boston and securing General George Washington's first victory over the British, and Knox became one of Washington's most valued officers and dearest friends. This work, first published in 1900, features many excerpts from letters written by Knox and his friends and family. Anyone interested in the history of the American Revolution, military history, or the history of the United States will enjoy this captivating life story. American journalist NOAH BROOKS (1830-1903) was a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, and authored a major biography of the president, Washington in Lincoln's Time, in 1895. He also wrote First Across the Continent, the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

About this title

About the Author:

Noah Brooks (1830-1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York. Michael Burlingame is the May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of History at Connecticut College, author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, and editor of An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln and Inside Lincoln's White House, among other books.

From the Back Cover:

First Secretary Of War Under The Constitution, Founder Of The Society Of The Cincinnati 1750-1806.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1602069506
• ISBN 13: 9781602069503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300