The Minute Men
Subtitle: The First Fight - Myths and Realities of the American Revolution (Ausa Book)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: March 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781574880496
Subjects: American history; Warfare & Defence; c 1700 to c 1800; United States - Revolutionary War; History: American; History - Military / War; USA; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775; History; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; Minutemen (Militia)
First sentence: The colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay were confronted from the beginning with the almost insurmountable problems of scratching out a living from the boulder-strewn land while at the same time protecting themselves from upwards of 10,000 Indians roaming nearby forests.