General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution : From Redcoat to Rebel.
Brave, humane, and generous ... still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country. --Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon hearing of General Richard Montgomery's death in battle against the British. At 3 a.m. on December 31, 1...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1994.
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Colección: | American Social Experience S.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Brave, humane, and generous ... still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone this country. --Member of British Parliament Lord North, upon hearing of General Richard Montgomery's death in battle against the British. At 3 a.m. on December 31, 1775, a band of desperate men stumbled through a raging Canadian blizzard toward Quebec. The doggedness of this ragtag militia--consisting largely of men whose short-term enlistments were to expire within the next 24 hours--was due to the exhortations of their leader. Arriving at Quebec before dawn, the troo. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780814788868 0814788866 |