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1777, the year of the hangman
Format:
Book
Title:
1777, the year of the hangman
ISBN:
9780817351120
Publication Information:
University : University of Alabama Press, ©1977.
Physical Description:
viii, 268 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The war begins: 1775 -- The appeal to arms -- The birth of the American army -- 2. The American Secretary -- Germain and the strategy of reconquest -- The great troop lift -- The Howe brothers -- 3. Dress rehearsal: 1776 -- The Canadian offensive -- The mission of the Howes -- The retreat from New York -- 4. Crisis in New Jersey -- The revolution in New Jersey -- The guns of Trenton -- Princeton -- 5. Arms and men -- The Redcoats -- The continentals -- The militia -- 6. Germain and the generals -- The plan germinates -- Spring comes to America -- Cat and mouse in New Jersey -- 7. The suppression of the Loyalists -- The mob -- The law -- The enforcers -- 8. The northern invasion -- "This army must not retreat" -- Ticonderoga -- The spider and the fly -- 9. The gathering storm -- The crisis in New York -- Bennington -- Drums along the Mohawk -- 10. Saratoga: the first battle -- The command of the northern department -- The army of the northern department -- Freeman's farm -- 11. Philadelphia takes Howe -- By sea to Philadelphia -- The Brandywine -- The capital falls -- 12. Saratoga: The forlorn hope -- The Hudson highlands -- Burgoyne casts a die -- The surrender -- 13. Stalemate -- Germantown -- The fight for the Delaware -- Valley Forge: end and beginning -- 14. Epilogue: the French alliance -- Paris -- London -- York and Philadelphia -- 15. The campaign of 1777: success and failure -- The British High Command -- The American High Command.
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