Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution /
Philbrick, Nathaniel.
Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution / Nathaniel Philbrick. - New York : Viking, c2013. - xvii, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.
Pt. 1. Liberty. The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest -- pt. 2. Rebellion. The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle -- pt. 3. The siege. The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Epilogue: Character alone.
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe.
0670025445 (hbk.) 9780670025442 (hbk.)
2013001534
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution / Nathaniel Philbrick. - New York : Viking, c2013. - xvii, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.
Pt. 1. Liberty. The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest -- pt. 2. Rebellion. The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle -- pt. 3. The siege. The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Epilogue: Character alone.
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe.
0670025445 (hbk.) 9780670025442 (hbk.)
2013001534
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.