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Landmarks of the American Revolution
- Title
- Landmarks of the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash.
- Author
- Nash, Gary B.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
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Details
- Description
- 158 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 27 cm.
- Summary
- In 1775, on the green of Lexington, Massachusetts, 2,200 British minutemen fired upon the local militia -- seventy colonial farmers and village artisans in total. The British suffered staggering losses: half of their troops died. And so began the American Revolution. In Landmarks of the American Revolution, fourteen key sites and numerous secondary locales show with rich detail and fascinating anecdotes where the War of Independence took place. In addition to the Lexington-Concord Battle Site, historian Gary Nash features Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed; John Paul Jones House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the out-of-work, 28-year-old immigrant who went on to become one of the new nation's naval heroes lived; Peyton Randolph House in Williamsburg, Virginia, a place emblematic of African Americans' role in the war; and many other significant places of the American Revolution. A dynamic journey through history that reveals all sides in the war -- loyalists, patriots, African American, Native American, women, British -- Landmarks of the American Revolution brings to life how a new nation came to be.
- Series Statement
- American landmarks
- Uniform Title
- American landmarks (Oxford University Press)
- Subjects
- Note
- "Published in association with the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, and the National Parks Foundation."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.
- Contents
- Lexington Green -- Independence Hall, Independence National -- Valley Forge National Historic Park -- Marblehead Historic District -- Faneuil Hall -- Peyton Randolph House -- John and Abigail Adams House, Adams -- Johnson Hall -- Old Saint Mary's Episcopal Church -- Old South Meeting House -- Francis Hopkinson House -- Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Historic Park.
- Call Number
- IG 04-6023
- ISBN
- 0195128494 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002014152
- OCLC
- 50598160
- Author
- Nash, Gary B.
- Title
- Landmarks of the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
- Series
- American landmarksAmerican landmarks (Oxford University Press)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IG 04-6023