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The British are coming :

Atkinson, Rick,

The British are coming : the war for America, 1775-1777 / Rick Atkinson. - xvi, 776 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps.

God himself our captain: Boston, March 6 - April 17,1775 -- Men came down from the clouds: Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775 -- I wish this cursed place was burned: Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775 -- What shall we say of human nature?: Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775 -- I shall try to retard the evil hour: Into Canada, October-November 1775 -- America is an ugly job: London, October-November 1775 -- They fought, bled, and died like Englishmen: Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775 -- The paths of glory: Quebec, December 3, 1775 - January 1, 1776 -- The ways of heaven are dark and intricate: Boston, January-February 1776 -- The whipping snake: Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776 -- City of our solemnities: Boston, March 1776 -- A strange reverse of fortune: Quebec, April-June 1776 -- Surrounded by enemies, open and concealed:New York, June 1776 -- A dog in a dancing school: Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776 -- A fight among wolves: New York, July-August 1776 -- A sentimental manner of making war: New York, September 1776 -- Master of the lakes: Lake Champlain, October 1776 -- The retrograde motion of things: New York, October-November 1776 -- A quaker in Paris: France, November-December 1776 -- Fire-and-sword men: New Jersey, December 1776 -- The smiles of providence: Trenton, December 24-26, 1776 -- The day is our own: Trenton and Princeton, January 1777 -- Epilogue: England and America, 1777.

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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--History--British forces.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.

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