Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War. |a United States |x History |y Revolution, 1775-1783 |x Campaigns. |a United States |x History |y Revolution, 1775-1783 |x Naval operations. |a "Here the sovereignty of the United States was first acknowledged" - The golden rock - Beggars of the sea : the Dutch ascendancy - "The maddest idea in the world" : an American navy - Buccaneer : the Baltimore hero - The Dutch and the Englsih : another war - Enter Admiral Rodney - The French intervention - Low point of the Revolution - "A successful battle may give us America" - The critical moment - Last chance : the Yorktown campaign. |a Includes bibliographical references (p.
|a xiii, 347 pages, pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color) |c 24 cm |i Subtitle from cover : |b View of the American Revolution. |a The first salute : |b a view of the American Revolution / |c Barbara W. “ tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured.” -The Christian Science Monitor
A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters.” - Chicago Tribune “Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. It is only part of Tuchman’s genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion.” - People “Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington.
By turns lyrical and gripping, The First Salute is an exhilarating account of the birth of a nation. She sheds new light on the key role played by the contending navies, paints a magnificent portrait of George Washington, and recounts in riveting detail the decisive campaign of the war at Yorktown. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid to the American colonies of both these nations made the triumph of independence possible. In The First Salute, one of America’s consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.
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