A riveting young readers edition of The British Are Coming, the New York Timesâ bestselling history of the American Revolution by Pulitzer Prizewinner Rick Aktinson.
A riveting young readers edition of The British Are Coming, the New York Timesâ bestselling history of the American Revolution by Pulitzer Prizewinner Rick Aktinson.
Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy¿An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History), The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light¿as well as The Long Gray Line and other books. His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, a George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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LIST OF MAPS MAP LEGEND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775 1. Inspecting the Fleet 2. Avenging the Tea 3. Preparing for War PART ONE 1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775 2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775 3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775 4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE? Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775 5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR Into Canada, October-November 1775 6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB London, October-November 1775 7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775 8. THE PATHS OF GLORY Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776 PART TWO 9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE Boston, January-February 1776 10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776 11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES Boston, March 1776 12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE Quebec, April-June 1776 13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED New York, June 1776 14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776 15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES New York, July-August 1776 16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR New York, September 1776 PART THREE 17. MASTER OF THE LAKES Lake Champlain, October 1776 18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS New York, October-November 1776 19. A QUAKER IN PARIS France, November-December 1776 20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN New Jersey, December 1776 21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE Trenton, December 24-26, 1776 22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN Trenton and Princeton, January 1777 EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777 AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES SOURCES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX
LIST OF MAPS MAP LEGEND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775 1. Inspecting the Fleet 2. Avenging the Tea 3. Preparing for War PART ONE 1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775 2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775 3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775 4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE? Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775 5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR Into Canada, October-November 1775 6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB London, October-November 1775 7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775 8. THE PATHS OF GLORY Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776 PART TWO 9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE Boston, January-February 1776 10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776 11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES Boston, March 1776 12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE Quebec, April-June 1776 13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED New York, June 1776 14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776 15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES New York, July-August 1776 16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR New York, September 1776 PART THREE 17. MASTER OF THE LAKES Lake Champlain, October 1776 18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS New York, October-November 1776 19. A QUAKER IN PARIS France, November-December 1776 20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN New Jersey, December 1776 21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE Trenton, December 24-26, 1776 22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN Trenton and Princeton, January 1777 EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777 AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES SOURCES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX
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