For Want of a Horse

G. F. G. Stanley

Published by The Tribune Press, Sackville, N. B., Canada, 1961

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For Want of a Horse: being a Journal of the Campaigns against the Americans in 1776 and 1777 conducted from Canada, by an officer who served with Lt. Ge. Burgoyne; edited and with an introduction by Lt. Col. George F. G. Stanley; The Tribune Press Limited, Sackville, N. B., 1961. From About the Book On October 17, 1777 General John Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny, surrendered to Horatio Gate s American army at Saratoga. It was the humiliating end of a campaign which promised, in the spring of 1777, to bring the Revolutionary War to an end. More than anything else, the defeat of Burgoyne ensured the success of the American rebellion. During the nineteenth century various contemporary accounts of Burgoyne s expedition were published; but the existence of still another account by a British officer, in the library of the United States Military Academy, was ignored. This account is now printed for the very first time, throwing new light upon and adding new interest to the story of Burgoyne s ill-fated exploits of 1777. The publication of this journal has afforded the editor an opportunity of rewriting the Burgoyne story in a way which explains the factors behind the British defeat and the American victory. He concludes that Burgoyne lost his campaign, not because of and basic weakness in the original plan or faulty handling of his men in battle, but because of a breakdown in the civilian transport system. The text is illustrated by a contemporary fold-out map. This book, 194 pages is in fine condition in a good dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. Seller Inventory # 2346b

Bibliographic Details

Title: For Want of a Horse

Publisher: The Tribune Press, Sackville, N. B., Canada

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good