The British Are Coming The War for Ameri by Rick Atkinson HBDJ 1ST 2019 VGOOD
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First edition
Inventory ID 658173 Hardcover Cloth 776 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition Second printing 2019 with corresponding number line. Handsome blue boards and sliver embossing spotlights this Clean tight square copy with no marks highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. with undamaged corners. An unclipped dust jacket smooth clean and brilliant with no shelf wear - a few tears wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library book club or remainder copy. In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months of America's violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force. It is a saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Rick Atkinson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven works of history, includ
- Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry
- Year: 2019
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781627790437
- Condition: Very Good
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