| A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783 Contributor(s): Royster, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807846066 ISBN-13: 9780807846063 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: 973.3 |
| LCCN: 79010152 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.65 lbs) 502 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980. |
Contributor Bio(s): Royster, Charles: - Charles Royster, Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University, is the author of The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times, Light-Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolution and The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans, which received the Bancroft Prize, the Lincoln Prize, and the Charles S. Sydnor Award in Southern History. |