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Autore |
Greene Jerome A |
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Titolo |
The guns of independence [[electronic resource] ] : the siege of Yorktown, 1781 / / Jerome A. Greene |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Savas Beatie |
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Staplehurst, U.K., : Spellmount, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st paperback ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 507 p. ) : ill., maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Yorktown (Va.) History Siege, 1781 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The campaign of the allies -- The lion comes to Yorktown -- The British positions -- Washington takes command -- Investment -- The noose tightens -- The lion at bay -- On the verge -- The guns of October -- The earth trembles -- Night of heroes -- Hopes bright and dim -- Britain against the sky -- Broken sword -- Endings, beginnings -- Postscript : thereafter -- Appendix 1. Modern photographic gallery -- Appendix 2. The Washington and Cornwallis correspondence -- Appendix 3. The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781 -- Appendix 4. The archaeology of the French Grand Battery complex -- Appendix 5. The artillery at Yorktown. |
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