Bunker Hill
by Fast, Howard
One battle will determine the fate of Boston. Three thousand soldiers from the world's greatest army are cornered in Boston, surrounded by farmers and doctors turned rebel soldiers and generals. For a week both sides are at an impasse, until June 17, 1775, when the standstill comes to a violent, bloody end on Breed's and Bunker hills. In Bunker Hill, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the unlikely battle that changed the course of the Revolutionary War forever. Tensions rise among both the…
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- Full title :Bunker Hill / Howard Fast.
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One battle will determine the fate of Boston. Three thousand soldiers from the world's greatest army are cornered in Boston, surrounded by farmers and doctors turned rebel soldiers and generals. For a week both sides are at an impasse, until June 17, 1775, when the standstill comes to a violent, bloody end on Breed's and Bunker hills. In Bunker Hill, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the unlikely battle that changed the course of the Revolutionary War forever. Tensions rise among both the British and Colonial soldiers as political and tactical frustrations, dissent, confusion, and fear threaten to tear both sides apart before the fighting even begins.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Sourcebooks Landmark
- Place of Publication:Naperville, Ill
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 226 pages : : maps ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781402237942, 1402237944
- oclc:ocn466361571
- LC Classification:PS3511.A784
- Dewey Decimal:813/.52
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