Mark Puls
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
273 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award!
Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American politics, Adams astutely forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to the irreversible split in the empire. His remarkable political...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Henry Knox, Mark Puls delivers a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general who played a key role in all of George Washington's battles. In the Siege of Boston, Knox's amazing 300-mile transport of 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga saved the city. Building upon his talent for logistics, Knox engineered Washington's famous Christmas night passage to safety across the Delaware River. Puls demonstrates the centrality of Knox's contributions...
