| The American Revolution in Monmouth County: The Theatre of Spoil and Destruction Contributor(s): Adelberg, Michael S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609490010 ISBN-13: 9781609490010 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | Military - United States - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 974.946 |
| LCCN: 2010037823 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Monmouth-Ocean, N.J. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Michael S. Adelberg brings to life the struggles within Monmouth County, a place that New Jersey governor William Livingston called "the theatre of spoil and destruction." Like much of New Jersey during the American Revolution, Monmouth County was contested territory in between the great armies. As the Battles of Trenton, Princeton and Bound Brook raged nearby, the people of Monmouth County fought their own internal revolution; Loyalist partisans led insurrections and raids that laid waste to entire neighborhoods. In 1778, General George Washington rallied his Continental army and fought the British within Monmouth's borders, barely holding the field. Monmouth Countians joined the fight and then spent the following weeks caring for the wounded and burying the dead. The remaining war years brought more hardships, as they grappled with a local civil war charged with racial, religious and economic undercurrents - a local civil war that continued long after the Battle of Yorktown supposedly ended hostilities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adelberg, Michael S.: - Michael Adelberg has been researching the American Revolution in Monmouth County for more than twenty years. His essays on the American Revolution have appeared in academic journals like the Journal of Military History and historical magazines such as the Keeper s Log. His research has been the subject of articles in thought journals like the Wilson Quarterly and the Jersey Shore s leading newspaper, the Asbury Park Press. He is a book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, and his first novel, The Thinking Man s Bully, will be published in 2011. Adelberg holds master s degrees in history and public policy and lives with his family in Vienna, Virginia. To learn more about the author and his publications, visit www.michaeladelberg.com. |