1776

Name: 1776
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ISBN: 9780743226721

ISBN-10: 0743226720

ISBN-13: 9780743226721

Edition: 2006

Authors: David McCullough

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In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers.…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 7/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

David McCullough is a writer, historian, lecturer, & teacher. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman", as well as the Francis Parkman Prize, & the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award. He is also a two-time winner of the National Book Award, for history & for biography. He lives in Massachusetts.




The Siege



Sovereign Duty



Rabble in Arms



Dorchester Heights



Fateful Summer



The Lines Are Drawn



Field of Battle



The Long Retreat



Fortune Frowns



Darkest Hour


Acknowledgments


Source Notes


Bibliography


Index