Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: Jeffery M. Dorwart ; illustrative material compiled by Jean K. Wolf.
Contributors: Jackson, John W.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History -- Pictorial works.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Description: The site of Fort Mifflin, the Great Mud Island along the entrance of the Delaware River, was the natural barrier to protect the city of Philadelphia from maritime attack. Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia provides an account of the crucial and heavily contested battles around the fortification during 1777, when the British and Americans realized the strategic value of the Great Mud Island as the key to control of the Delaware River, one of the busiest waterways in Colonial America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.
"Inspired by John W. Jackson's Fort Mifflin: valiant defender of the Delaware."
"A Barra Foundation book."