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1776 Hardcover - 2005

by David McCullough

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In this powerful and intensely human account, David McCullough narrates the gripping story of General George Washington's troops in the year of the Declaration of Independence. With extraordinary narrative vitality, McCullough brings to life a cast of diverse characters, including American patriots, British redcoats, Loyalists, mercenaries, politicians, preachers, traitors, spies, and men and women of all kinds caught in the paths of war. This book will appeal to history enthusiasts and anyone interested in discovering the true stories behind America's fight for independence.

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. 9th printing. Hardcover. Hardcover book in dustjacket. Fine condition with no flaws.
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Details

  • Title 1776
  • Author David McCullough
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 9th printing
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon and Schuster, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1251307
  • ISBN 9780743226714 / 0743226712
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.52 x 1.45 in (24.28 x 16.56 x 3.68 cm)
  • Reading level 1300
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Revolution,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005042505
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.3

Summary

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.

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Table of contents

Part I: The SiegeChapter One: Sovereign DutyChapter Two: Rabble in ArmsChapter Three: Dorchester HeightsPart II: Fateful SummerChapter Four: The Lines Are DrawnChapter Five: Field of BattlePart III: The Long RetreatChapter Six: Fortune FrownsChapter Seven: Darkest HourAcknowledgmentsSource NotesBibliographyIndex

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2005, Page 1100
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2006, Page 8
  • Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 33
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2005, Page 404
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2005, Page 109
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 02/15/2005, Page 112
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/21/2005, Page 164
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2005, Page 201

About the author

David McCullough (1933-2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.

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