1777

Tipping Point at Saratoga

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military
Cover of the book 1777 by Dean Snow, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dean Snow ISBN: 9780190618773
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: September 9, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Dean Snow
ISBN: 9780190618773
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: September 9, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of men and materiel, and ultimately handed the British a stunning defeat. The American victory, for the first time in the war, confirmed that independence from Great Britain was all but inevitable. Assimilating the archaeological remains from the battlefield along with the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women in both camps, Dean Snow's 1777 provides a richly detailed narrative of the two battles fought at Saratoga over the course of thirty-three tense and bloody days. While the contrasting personalities of Gates and Burgoyne are well known, they are but two of the many actors who make up the larger drama of Saratoga. Snow highlights famous and obscure participants alike, from the brave but now notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold to Frederika von Riedesel, the wife of a British major general who later wrote an important eyewitness account of the battles. Snow, an archaeologist who excavated on the Saratoga battlefield, combines a vivid sense of time and place with details on weather, terrain, and technology and a keen understanding of the adversaries' motivations, challenges, and heroism into a suspenseful, novel-like account. A must-read for anyone with an interest in American history, 1777 is an intimate retelling of the campaign that tipped the balance in the American War of Independence.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of men and materiel, and ultimately handed the British a stunning defeat. The American victory, for the first time in the war, confirmed that independence from Great Britain was all but inevitable. Assimilating the archaeological remains from the battlefield along with the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women in both camps, Dean Snow's 1777 provides a richly detailed narrative of the two battles fought at Saratoga over the course of thirty-three tense and bloody days. While the contrasting personalities of Gates and Burgoyne are well known, they are but two of the many actors who make up the larger drama of Saratoga. Snow highlights famous and obscure participants alike, from the brave but now notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold to Frederika von Riedesel, the wife of a British major general who later wrote an important eyewitness account of the battles. Snow, an archaeologist who excavated on the Saratoga battlefield, combines a vivid sense of time and place with details on weather, terrain, and technology and a keen understanding of the adversaries' motivations, challenges, and heroism into a suspenseful, novel-like account. A must-read for anyone with an interest in American history, 1777 is an intimate retelling of the campaign that tipped the balance in the American War of Independence.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Drawing Morals by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Obama at the Crossroads by Dean Snow
Cover of the book A History of US: From Colonies to Country by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Outside the Lettered City by Dean Snow
Cover of the book German : Biography of a Language by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Searching for Boko Haram by Dean Snow
Cover of the book The Pakistan Paradox by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Martin Heidegger: Early Works: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Meaning in Law: A Theory of Speech by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Ethnicity and Beyond by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Human-Tech by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Talking with the President by Dean Snow
Cover of the book God Bless America by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Antigone by Dean Snow
Cover of the book Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Dean Snow
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy