|
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
|
Buy Now
1777 - Tipping Point at Saratoga (Paperback)
Loot Price: R535
Discovery Miles 5 350
|
|
|
1777 - Tipping Point at Saratoga (Paperback)
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R535
Discovery Miles 5 350
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced
and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off
against the highly trained British and German forces led by General
John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in
upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the
other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the
Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of men and
materiel, and ultimately handed the British a stunning defeat. The
American victory, for the first time in the war, confirmed that
independence from Great Britain was all but inevitable.
Assimilating the archaeological remains from the battlefield along
with the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women
in both camps, Dean Snow's 1777 provides a richly detailed
narrative of the two battles fought at Saratoga over the course of
thirty-three tense and bloody days. While the contrasting
personalities of Gates and Burgoyne are well known, they are but
two of the many actors who make up the larger drama of Saratoga.
Snow highlights famous and obscure participants alike, from the
brave but now notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold to Frederika von
Riedesel, the wife of a British major general who later wrote an
important eyewitness account of the battles. The author, an
archaeologist who excavated on the Saratoga battlefield, combines a
vivid sense of time and place-with details on weather, terrain, and
technology-and a keen understanding of the adversaries'
motivations, challenges, and heroism into a suspenseful, novel-like
account. A must-read for anyone with an interest in American
history, 1777 is an intimate retelling of the campaign that tipped
the balance in the American War of Independence.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
