The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution

Tuchman, Barbara W.

ISBN 10: 0718131428 ISBN 13: 9780718131425

Published by Michael Joseph, 1989

Language: English

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Includes several b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. 347pp. Page edges toned.

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Title

The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution

Publisher

Michael Joseph

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0718131428

ISBN 13

9780718131425

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Very Good

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This study gives a provocative and searching view of the pivotal events of the American Revolution examining the key role played by the opposing navies and revealing the characters of the major figures of the time such as Admiral Rodney, Lord Cornwallis and George Washington. Barbara Tuchman has also written "The Guns of August" (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), "Bible and Sword' and "The Zimmerman Telegram"

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Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive [to] see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington. . . . It is only part of Tuchman s genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion. "People"
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Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. . . . A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters. "Chicago Tribune"
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[A] tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured. " The Christian Science Monitor""

"Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive [to] see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington. . . . It is only part of Tuchman's genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion."--People

"Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. . . . A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters."--Chicago Tribune

"[A] tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured."--The Christian Science Monitor

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