Band of Giants Band of Giants

Band of Giants

The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence

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Publisher Description

Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists only became real because fighting men were willing to take on the grim, risky, brutal work of war. We know Fort Knox, but what about Henry Knox, the burly Boston bookseller who took over the American artillery at the age of 25? Eighteen counties in the United States commemorate Richard Montgomery, but do we know that this revered martyr launched a full-scale invasion of Canada? The soldiers of the American Revolution were a diverse lot: merchants and mechanics, farmers and fishermen, paragons and drunkards. Most were ardent amateurs. Even George Washington, assigned to take over the army around Boston in 1775, consulted books on military tactics. Here, Jack Kelly vividly captures the fraught condition of the war—the bitterly divided populace, the lack of supplies, the repeated setbacks on the battlefield, and the appalling physical hardships. That these inexperienced warriors could take on and defeat the superpower of the day was one of the remarkable feats in world history.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2014
September 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
462
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
8.8
MB

Customer Reviews

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A very moving, heart felt story of the birth of our wonderful country & the bravery & sacrifices of the men who fought that we might be a free nation.

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