The guns of independence
Subtitle: the siege of Yorktown, 1781
By: Jerome A. Greene.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9781932714685
Subjects: Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-496) and index.
Table of contents: title: The campaign of the allies; title: The lion comes to Yorktown; title: The British positions; title: Washington takes command; title: Investment; title: The noose tightens; title: The lion at bay; title: On the verge; title: The guns of October; title: The earth trembles; title: Night of heroes; title: Hopes bright and dim; title: Britain against the sky; title: Broken sword; title: Endings, beginnings; title: Postscript : thereafter; title: Appendix 1. Modern photographic gallery; title: Appendix 2. The Washington and Cornwallis correspondence; title: Appendix 3. The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781; title: Appendix 4. The archaeology of the French Grand Battery complex; title: Appendix 5. The artillery at Yorktown.