First Salute - Hardcover

Tuchman, Barbara W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718131428 ISBN 13: 9780718131425

Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

This study gives a provocative and searching view of the pivotal events of the American Revolution examining the key role played by the opposing navies and revealing the characters of the major figures of the time such as Admiral Rodney, Lord Cornwallis and George Washington. Barbara Tuchman has also written "The Guns of August" (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), "Bible and Sword' and "The Zimmerman Telegram"

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly written history paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.

About the Author:

BARBARA W. TUCHMAN (1912-1989) was born in New York City and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1933. A self-trained historian, she was a writer for The Nation and an editor for the U.S. Office of War Information. In her later years she was a lecturer at Harvard and the U.S. Naval War College. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for The Guns of August and in 1972 for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0718131428
• ISBN 13: 9780718131425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1