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Philbrick, Nathaniel.
Bunker Hill :
a city, a siege, a revolution /
Nathaniel Philbrick.
New York :
Viking,
2013.
xvii, 398 p., [32] p. of plates :
ill. (some col.), maps ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.
Pt. 1. Liberty. The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest -- pt. 2. Rebellion. The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle -- pt. 3. The siege. The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Epilogue: Character alone.
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe.
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
Boston (Mass)
History
Revolution, 1775-1783.
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