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1776
by David Willis McCullough
ISBN: 0743226712
ISBN-13: 9780743226714
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the citizen-soldiers of the Continental Army, who seemed at first to be at a disadvantage compared to the well-trained and equipped British led by General Howe. Luck and pluck and good old American know-how helped even the odds, but the first year was a struggle. The difficult terrain and the weather affected all the troops, and there were victories and defeats on both sides. In his compellingly fresh accounts of important battles such as the Siege of Boston and the Battle for Brooklyn, McCullough takes familiar events of classroom history and makes them new. Includes maps, drawings, letters, and portraits in black-and-white and in color. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2005.
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"This is history at the ground level, sometimes even a few inches below. There is squishing mud for soldiers to trudge through, letters about absent loved ones and heartbreaking deaths, driving snow, and battlefields tipped with sun-gleaming bayonets like so many teeth grasping for prey. The prose is vibrant, and there is a telling insight into each character....But the book is essentially a portrait of the Continental Army's commander." -- Joshua Micah Marshall
-- New Yorker
"Simply put, this is history writing at its best from one of its top practitioners."
-- Publishers Weekly
"[A] lucid and lively work that will engage both Revolutionary War bores and general readers who have avoided the subject since their school days....McCullough deftly sketches characters with a few quotations and details, humanizing a cast of thousands....A stirring and timely work, reminding us its soldiers rather than 'tavern patriots and windy politicians' who have always paid the price of American idealism and determined its successes." -- Tony Horwitz
-- New York Times Book Review
"1776 is vintage McCullough; colorful, eloquent and illuminating. In reconstructing that epic year in the life of the American Revolution, he has given us a fresh portrait of Washington himself." -- Jon Meacham
-- Newsweek
"David McCullough writes with confidence, panache and authority, deftly mingling high strategy and low politics, with gripes and grumbles of redcoat and rebel alike. Although written with a natural American bias, his book strives (and it usually succeeds) to be fair to both sides. I recommend it unreservedly." -- Nigel Jones
-- Literary Review
"[W]hereas many academic historians find it difficult to manage the elusive transmutation of raw archival material into compelling stories peopled by vivid, realistic personalities, McCullough has the imaginative capacity to reconstitute the inner lives of the long dead." -- Colin Kidd
-- London Review of Books
"McCullough recounts the events of 1776 as if they had never been told before, with a freshness that brings home the drama and the sheer improbability of the events on which the U.S. is founded." -- Lev Grossman
-- Time
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2005
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.7 pounds
Pages: 386
Publisher's Notes
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a landmark history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the stunning American victory at Trenton, capturing the people and events that transformed American history.
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1776
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 2005. Hardcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS HARDCOVER; Some rubbing on cover. Cover has some wear on edges. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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McCullough, David
NY: Simon and Schuster. VG+ in VG dj. 2005. Bookclub. Hardcover. Keywords: American History, Amer hist - 18th c, American Revolution, 0-7432-2671-2. ( more information) Offered by Books End (United States)
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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Comprehensive history of a crucial year in the history of our country. us hist.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Booketeria (United States)
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Simon & Schuster. VG+/VG+. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.2 Inches; 400 pp; 0743226712; 2005 . ( more information) Offered by Rivers Edge Used Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 AN/AN. *MINT CONDITION!* Tight, straight, stiff spine. Beautiful glossy cover with no rips, tearing, chipping, or creases. Pristine interior free from writing, markings, or dogears. *GIFT QUALITY!*. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ( more information) Offered by Redd's Read Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Quarter bound in blue cloth. Gift note inked on front flyleaf, else a clean, tight copy. 386 pp. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed around head of spine, in new mylar cover.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Quarter bound in blue cloth. Clean and unmarked. 386 pp. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket offered in new mylar cover.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster. 1st ptg. 2005. fine/vg+. Hard Cover. 386pp including indes; 16pp glossy color ils including 2 double-page spreads; 1 6pp glossy b/w ils; b/w il'd endpapers ISBN:0743226712 . ( more information) Offered by The Old Library Bookshop (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 2005. First Edition/; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Blue hardocvers are clean, spine ends little bumped, slight spine lean. Ink name on ffep, else interior in very good condition: crisp, clean and tight. Dustjacket lightly rubbed only, not price-clipped. ; 8vo . ( more information) Offered by Commonwealth Book Company, Inc. (United States)
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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Gift inscription on front end paper, light bumping on spine ends, otherwise crisp, tight, and unmarked. Excellent dust jacket with very light scuffing in a new mylar protective cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". ( more information) Offered by Wendys Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. 2005 reprint. hardcover. 386pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj. ( more information) Offered by Auldfarran Books, IOBA (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. A 386 pg. hardcover with dustjacket. From the dustjacket, "Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no accounts and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King's men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known." Condition - Very good: small spot on top pg. ends.. ( more information) Offered by Harrison's Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket 2005. First Edition/; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth with boards gently rubbed at spine ends, few minor spots on front cover. Interior in very good condition, clean and tight. An excellent reading copy. ; 8vo . ( more information) Offered by Commonwealth Book Company, Inc. (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 386 pp., illus. (some col.), col. maps, biblio., index; 25 cm. Near fine. Minor printing imperfection: 3 pages irregularly trimmed on top edge, text is complete. Fine DJ. Another copy available. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Currently in print for $32.00. This title is IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. . Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. ( more information) Offered by Tony Ryan - Bookseller (United States)
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David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2005. hardcover. like new. illustrated. minor shelf wear on dust jacket, clean and tight. with photographs. ( more information) Offered by odessa (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Tenth Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($32.00) dust jacket. End pages decorated with line drawing of a colonial village. Pristine text with colored portraits. Clean white edges. Immaculate blue cover with navy spine. Excellent pictorial jacket in a new mylar cover. . ISBN: 0-7432-2671-2. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Nineth Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($32.00) dust jacket. Decorated end pages. Pristine white text with colored illustrations. Pristine white edges. Immaculate blue cover with navy spine. Excellent pictorial jacket in a protective mylar cover. . ISBN: 0-7432-2671-2. First Edition. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Eighth Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($32.00) dust jacket. Grey pictorial end pages. Prsitine white text with colored maps and photographs. Clean white edges. Immaculate blue cover with large gilt letters to navy spine. Excellent pictorial jacket in a protective mylar cover. . ISBN: 0-7432-2671-2. First Edition. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 2005. Hardcover. The boards are clean and in excellent shape. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and crisp. The DJ has some shelf wear mainly along the edges. ; 400 p. . ( more information) Offered by The Cracked Book, LLC (United States)
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MCCULLOUGH, DAVID
New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 2005 FINE / AS NEW. First Edition. Hardcover. F/F. ( more information) Offered by Gian Luigi Fine Books Inc. (United States)
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David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-24. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover w/DJ,Minor cover wear, Pages clean Probably Like NEW ( more information) Offered by Bobs Neat Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Quarter bound in blue cloth. A just less than crisp but clean and tight first printing copy. 386 pp. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket, with light shelf wear, small creases to flaps, in fresh protective mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Quarter bound in blue cloth. Clean, tight and unmarked. 386 pp. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket, very slightly rubbed, in new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Tenth Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($32.00) dust jacket. Decorated end pages. Pristine white text with glossy colored illustrations. Prisitne white page ends. Excellent pictorial jacket in a protective mylar cover. . ISBN: 0-7432-2671-2. First Edition. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster, 2005. Illustrated. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Near fine jacket with slight edge wear. Clean and unmarked inside, tightly bound. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. ( more information) Offered by Dale's Books (Canada)
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McCullough, David
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Apart from slight edge wear, the book and jacket are in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by J & S Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005 Pages clean, tight, and bright, spine ends bumped; dust jacket has light edge wear. Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good ( more information) Offered by Front Porch Books (United States)
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McCullough, David G
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.. hardback. condition fine/fine; . 1st ed.; . 386 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. ; . Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371) and index.. ( more information) Offered by Wordsong Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster, 2005. First edition. Illustrated.. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. very light edgewear Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.. ( more information) Offered by About Books Inc. (United States)
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MCCULLOUGH, DAVID
SIMON & SCHUSTER. 2005. HARDCOVER W/JACKET. GOOD CONDITION. ( more information) Offered by Montclair Book Center (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover with unclipped ($32.00) dust jacket. Decorated end pages. Prisitne white text with colored maps and illustrations. Crisp clean white page ends. Immaculate blue cover with gilt title and author on black spine. Excellent pictorial jacket in a protective mylar cover.. ISBN: 0-7432-2671-2. First Edition. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775. ( more information) Offered by Sabal Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
NY: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 2005. 1st printing. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by Books End (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. Blue hardocvers are clean and bright, no wear, spine ends little bumped, Interior in very good condition, clean and tight. Dustjacket clean, not price-clipped, top spine bumped with light wear. ; 8vo . ( more information) Offered by Commonwealth Book Company, Inc. (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. 2005. 1st Edition. 8vo . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations . ( more information) Offered by Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (United States)
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MCCULLOUGH, DAVID
SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 505. HARDBACK. VG/VG. ( more information) Offered by Elliott Bay Book Company (United States)
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1776 -- WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
McCullough, David
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005 5th printing. 386 pp. Gift inscription inside front cover.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Private Reserve Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. 0743226712 . The book is in excellent condition, very slightly bumped spine ends. The jacket is very lightly rubbed. Nice book, clean and unmarked. The author is a bestselling historian and two time Pulizter winner. Tells the story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence - when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, . ( more information) Offered by Kenton Antiques & Collectibles (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 386pp. Includes source notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated in color and black & white with maps. Blue boards with title in gilt, with map endpapers. Near Fine with glue stain on front board in Fine dust jacket ( more information) Offered by Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis (editor)
Riverside, New Jersey.: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0743226712 . very clean & tight; 051339; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . ( more information) Offered by Epiphanies Used & Rare Books (United States)
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McCullough, David
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 1st printing. Fine/Fine. xii, 386 p., color/bw illus, color maps, illus endpapers, notes, biblio, index, 8vo; ( more information) Offered by Barbarossa Books Ltd. (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005 FINE IN FINE DUSTJACKET-TRADE COPY. ( more information) Offered by Madison Antiquarian Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Large Octavo. ( more information) Offered by Browse Awhile Books (United States)
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McCULLOUGH, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005). Near Fine ( more information) Offered by Argosy Book Store (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005 This book is one taken from an early local south carolina estate collection It is one of many rare and unsusal finds from the old south. Please view my other books for a view of the entire collection. They make great additions to any collection. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information) Offered by BooksGoingSouth (United States)
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McCullough, David
Very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Early American History Simon & Schuster NY: 2005 1st Hardcover 386, 1st printing of the 1st Edition. Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket protector. ( more information) Offered by McAllister & Solomon Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by PBO Books (United States)
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1776
McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Cloth Later printing Fine in Fine DJ ( more information) Offered by Acequia Booksellers (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2005 A very good very clean copy throughout in a bright dust jacket complete printing numbering. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Woodbridge Books & Music, LLC (United States)
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1776
McCullough, David
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine DJ. Story of the American Revolution. Winner of Pulitzer Prize. ( more information) Offered by Old Algonquin Books (United States)
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David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-24. Hardcover. Very Good/FINE. Clean and tight "LIKE NEW" copy. Remainder mark. ( more information) Offered by collectiblecollectibles4u (United States)
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1776
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster. Starred Review. Bestselling historian and two-time Pulitzer winner McCullough follows up John Adams by staying with America's founding, focusing on a year rather than an individual: a momentous 12 months in the fight for independence. How did a group of ragtag farmers defeat the world's greatest empire? As McCullough vividly shows, they did it with a great deal of suffering, determination, ingenuity—and, the author notes, luck.Although brief by McCullough's standards, this is a narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research and detailed, graceful prose. Throughout, McCullough deftly captures both sides of the conflict. The British commander, Lord General Howe, perhaps not fully accepting that the rebellion could succeed, underestimated the Americans' ingenuity. In turn, the outclassed Americans used the cover of night, surprise and an abiding hunger for victory to astonishing effect. Henry Knox, for example, trekked 300 miles each way over harsh winter terrain to bring 120,000 pounds of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, enabling the Americans, in a stealthy nighttime advance, to seize Dorchester Heights, thus winning the whole city.Luck, McCullough writes, also played into the American cause—a vicious winter storm, for example, stalled a British counterattack at Boston, and twice Washington staged improbable, daring escapes when the war could have been lost. Similarly, McCullough says, the cruel northeaster in which Washington's troops famously crossed the Delaware was both "a blessing and a curse." McCullough keenly renders the harshness of the elements, the rampant disease and the constant supply shortfalls, from gunpowder to food, that affected morale on both sides—and it certainly didn't help the British that it took six weeks to relay news to and from London. Simply put, this is history writing at its best from one of its top practitioners. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ( more information) Offered by ReadMeAgainBooks.com (United States)
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1776
McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 386 pp., illus. (some col.), col. maps, biblio., index; 25 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King's men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. Here also is the Revolution as experienced by American Loyalists, Hessian mercenaries, politicians, preachers, traitors, spies, men and women of all kinds caught in the paths of war. At the center of the drama, with Washington, are two young American patriots, who, at first, knew no more of war than what they had read in books -- Nathanael Greene, a Quaker who was made a general at thirty-three, and Henry Knox, a twenty-five-year-old bookseller who had the preposterous idea of hauling the guns of Fort Ticonderoga overland to Boston in the dead of winter. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle. The book begins in London on October 26, 1775, when His Majesty King George III went before Parliament to declare America in rebellion and to affirm his resolve to crush it. From there the story moves to the Siege of Boston and its astonishing outcome, then to New York, where British ships and British troops appear in numbers never imagined and the newly proclaimed Continental Army confronts the enemy for the first time. David McCullough's vivid rendering of the Battle of Brooklyn and the daring American escape that followed is a part of the book few readers will ever forget. As the crucial weeks pass, defeat follows defeat, and in the long retreat across New Jersey, all hope seems gone, until Washington launches the 'brilliant stroke' that will change history. The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did. Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history." - Publisher.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 386 Pages Indexed. Blue boards with dark blue quarter spine with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket price $32 is unclipped. No noted defects. The author received the Pulitzer Prize twice for books on Truman and John Adams. David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence - when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, noaccounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King's men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. Here also is the Revolution as experienced by American Loyalists, Hessian mercenaries, politicians, preachers, traitors, spies, men and women of all kinds caught in the paths of war. At the center of the drama, with Washington, are two young American patriots, who, at first, knew no more of war than what they had read in books -- Nathanael Greene, a Quaker who was made a general at thirty-three, and Henry Knox, a twenty-five-year-old bookseller who had the preposterous idea of hauling the guns of Fort Ticonderoga overland to Boston in the dead of winter. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle. . First Printing Stated. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Minor, Wendell - Cover. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". ( more information) Offered by Dons Bookstore (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. 0743226712 BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER . New. ( more information) Offered by Gina's Booka (United States)
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 A solid tight over-all clean copy. This copy has some light reading wear,light pagedge soil and a smallish light stain on the bottom pagedges. The 32.00 jacket has some light rubbing wear,minor edgewear. Nice copy of a first print of a title that has gone into about a zillion printings.. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/N-Fine. ( more information) Offered by Pat Cramer,Bookseller (United States)
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McCullough, David
Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. 0743226712 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover with dust jacket in Very Good condition. Some wear. No writing. . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by The Book Fiend (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 very minor shelf wear to book and jacket. A trade edition, almost as new.. Later Printing. One Quarter Cloth. NF/NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by The Book Shed (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 very minor shelf wear to book and jacket. A trade edition, almost as new.. Later Printing. One Quarter Cloth. NF/NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by The Book Shed (United States)
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McCullough, David Willis
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Large Octavo. ( more information) Offered by Browse Awhile Books (United States)
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David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2005-05-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Numbered 1st edition. Clean cover & pages. No markings. ( more information) Offered by The Bookworm's Attic (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 386 pp., illus. Fine copy. ( more information) Offered by Spadina Road Books (Canada)
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McCullough, David
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MCCULLOUGH,DAVID WILLIS
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 A solid tight over-all clean copy. This copy has some light reading wear and some light pagedge soil. The 32.00 jacket has some light rubbing wear,minor edgewear. Nice copy of a first print of a title that has gone into about a zillion printings.. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. N-Fine/N-Fine. ( more information) Offered by Pat Cramer,Bookseller (United States)
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McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Quarter bound in blue cloth. 386 pp. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Dust jacket in protective mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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