03075nam 2200697Ia 450 991080844240332120230721031603.00-19-771115-41-281-16246-997866111624670-19-804005-91-4294-9168-X(CKB)1000000000476583(EBL)415069(OCoLC)476239733(SSID)ssj0000101473(PQKBManifestationID)11125228(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101473(PQKBWorkID)10038012(PQKB)10487783(SSID)ssj0001142287(PQKBManifestationID)12463735(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142287(PQKBWorkID)11098113(PQKB)11382028(Au-PeEL)EBL415069(CaPaEBR)ebr10176155(CaONFJC)MIL116246(MiAaPQ)EBC415069(EXLCZ)99100000000047658320070307d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlmost a miracle[electronic resource] the American victory in the War of Independence /John FerlingOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (694 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538292-7 0-19-518121-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Preface; Introduction: "My Country, My Honor, My Life": Bravery and Death in War; PART ONE: GOING TO WAR, 1775-1776; PART TWO: THE WAR IN THE NORTH, 1776-1779; PART THREE: THE WAR IN THE SOUTH, 1780-1781; PART FOUR: AMERICAN VICTORY, 1781-1783; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was ""little short of a standing miracle."". Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions ofGeneralsUnited StatesBiographySoldiersUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783BiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783GeneralsSoldiersHistory973.3/3Ferling John E475858MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808442403321Almost a miracle4070833UNINA