1777
Subtitle: the Year of the Hangman
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780817388331; 9780817306878
Subjects: History; HISTORY; State & Local; General; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; United States - General
Description: "A revisionist view of the Revolution's most crucial year ... it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne's Canadian expedition and Howe's Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for women camp followers, and even the numbers of carts (30-odd) carrying Burgoyne's luggage."--History Book Club Newsletter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Prologue; One / The War Begins: 1775; The Appeal to Arms; The Birth of the American Army; Two / The American Secretary; Germain and the Strategy of Reconquest; The Great Troop Lift; The Howe Brothers; Three / Dress Rehearsal: 1776; The Canadian Offensive; The Mission of the Howes; The Retreat from New York; Four / Crisis in New Jersey; The Revolution in New Jersey; The Guns of Trenton; Princeton; Five / Arms and Men; The Redcoats; The Continentals; The Militia; Six / Germain and the Generals; The Plan Germinates; Spring Comes to America; Cat and Mouse in New Jersey.; title: Seven / The Suppression of the LoyalistsThe Mob; The Law; The Enforcers; Eight / The Northern Invasion; "This Army Must Not Retreat"; Ticonderoga; The Spider and the Fly; Nine / The Gathering Storm; The Crisis in New York; Bennington; Drums Along the Mohawk; Ten / Saratoga: The First Battle; The Command of the Northern Department; The Army of the Northern Department; Freeman's Farm; Eleven / Philadelphia Takes Howe; By Sea to Philadelphia; The Brandywine; The Capital Falls; Twelve / Saratoga: The Forlorn Hope; The Hudson Highlands; Burgoyne Casts a Die; The Surrender; Thirteen / Stalemate.; title: GermantownThe Fight for the Delaware; Valley Forge: End and Beginning; Fourteen / Epilogue: The French Alliance; Paris; London; York and Philadelphia; Fifteen / The Campaign of 1777: Success and Failure; The British High Command; The American High Command; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index.