Wyeth Dann John (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xxvi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ISBN 9780226136226, 0226136221 OCLC 5285932 LCCN 79019254 LC E275.A2 R48 Dewey 973.38 ; Contents: New England in arms -- War around Manhattan -- Countering Burgoyne -- New Jersey mobilized -- The Philadelphia theater -- War in the Carolinas -- Virginia, to Yorktown -- The Indian frontier -- Maritime combat -- Behind enemy lines -- Logistics -- Other revolutionaries ; A classic oral history of the American Revolution, The Revolution Remembered uses 79 first-hand accounts from veterans of the war to provide the reader with the feel of what it must have been like to fight and live through America's bloody battle for independence.; "In a book fairly bursting with feats of daring, perhaps the most spectacular accomplishment of them all is this volume's transformation of its readers into the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers. . . . An amazing gathering of 79 surrogate Yankee grandparents who tell us in their own words what they saw with their own eyes."-Elaine F. Weiss, Christian Science Monitor ; "Fascinating. . . . [The soldiers'] details fill in significant shadows of history."-Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times ; "It's still good fun two centuries later, overhearing these experiences of the tumult of everyday life and seeing a front-lines view of one of the most unusual armies ever to fight, let alone win."-Richard Martin, Wall Street Journal ; "One of the most important primary source discoveries from the era. A unique and fresh perspective."-Paul G. Levine, Los Angeles Times ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Unknown. First Edition. 8 pages of text with 8 pen & ink drawings. 14.25 x 11 inches. Signed by the artist and the editor on limitation page. First edition (first printing). Limited numbered edition of 1000 copies. A fine copy in printed wrappers (paperback). In original unaddressed mailing envelope.