| Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War Contributor(s): Ketchum, Richard M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805061231 ISBN-13: 9780805061239 Publisher: Holt McDougal OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: An award-winning, thoroughly researched, you-are-there account of the critical Saratoga campaign, which turned the tide in America's fight for freedom from British rule. Photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.3 |
| LCCN: 97002773 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.75 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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| Publisher Description: In the summer of 1777 (twelve months after the Declaration of Indepence) the British launched an invasion from Canada under General John Burgoyne. It was the campaign that was supposed to the rebellion, but it resulted in a series of battles that changed America's history and that of the world. Stirring narrative history, skillfully told through the perspective of those who fought in the campaign, Saratoga brings to life as never before the inspiring story of Americans who did their utmost in what seemed a lost cause, achieving what proved to be the crucial victory of the Revolution. A New York Times Notable Book, 1997Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Award, 1997 |
Contributor Bio(s): Ketchum, Richard M.: - Richard M. Ketchum (1922-2012) is the author of the Revolutionary War classics Decisive Day: The Battle of Bunker Hill; The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton; the award-winning New York Times Notable Book Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War; and, most recently, Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York. He lived in Vermont. |