The Resource After Yorktown : the final struggle for American independence, Don Glickstein
After Yorktown : the final struggle for American independence, Don Glickstein
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- Summary
- Although most people think the American Revolution ended with the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, it did not. The war spread around the world, and exhausted men kept fighting--from the Arctic to Arkansas, from India and Ceylon to Schenectady and South America--while others labored to achieve a final diplomatic resolution. After Cornwallis's unexpected loss, George III vowed revenge, while Washington planned his next campaign. Spain, which France had lured into the war, insisted there would be no peace without seizing British-held Gibraltar. Yet the war had spun out of control long before Yorktown. Native Americans and Loyalists continued joint operations against land-hungry rebel settlers from New York to the Mississippi Valley. African American slaves sought freedom with the British. Soon, Britain seized the initiative again with a decisive naval victory in the Caribbean against the Comte de Grasse, the French hero of Yorktown. In After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, Don Glickstein tells the engrossing story of this uncertain and violent time, from the remarkable American and French success in Virginia to the conclusion of the fighting--in India--and then to the last British soldiers leaving America more than two years after Yorktown. Readers will learn about the people--their humor, frustration, fatigue, incredulity, worries; their shock at the savage terrorism each side inflicted; and their surprise at unexpected grace and generosity. Based on an extraordinary range of primary sources, the story encompasses a fascinating cast of characters: a French captain who destroyed a British trading post, but left supplies for Indians to help them through a harsh winter, an American Loyalist releasing a captured Spanish woman in hopes that his act of kindness will result in a prisoner exchange, a Native American leader caught "between two hells" of a fickle ally and a greedy enemy, and the only general to surrender to both George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Finally, the author asks the question we face today: How do you end a war that doesn't want to end? -- Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 432 pages
- Contents
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- Part one. Surrender
- Part two. The South
- Part three. The frontier
- Part four. The Caribbean
- Part five. The sea and the raiders
- Part six. The Mediterranean
- Part seven. The battle for India
- Part eight. Washington and Carleton
- Isbn
- 9781594162336
- Label
- After Yorktown : the final struggle for American independence
- Title
- After Yorktown
- Title remainder
- the final struggle for American independence
- Statement of responsibility
- Don Glickstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Although most people think the American Revolution ended with the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, it did not. The war spread around the world, and exhausted men kept fighting--from the Arctic to Arkansas, from India and Ceylon to Schenectady and South America--while others labored to achieve a final diplomatic resolution. After Cornwallis's unexpected loss, George III vowed revenge, while Washington planned his next campaign. Spain, which France had lured into the war, insisted there would be no peace without seizing British-held Gibraltar. Yet the war had spun out of control long before Yorktown. Native Americans and Loyalists continued joint operations against land-hungry rebel settlers from New York to the Mississippi Valley. African American slaves sought freedom with the British. Soon, Britain seized the initiative again with a decisive naval victory in the Caribbean against the Comte de Grasse, the French hero of Yorktown. In After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, Don Glickstein tells the engrossing story of this uncertain and violent time, from the remarkable American and French success in Virginia to the conclusion of the fighting--in India--and then to the last British soldiers leaving America more than two years after Yorktown. Readers will learn about the people--their humor, frustration, fatigue, incredulity, worries; their shock at the savage terrorism each side inflicted; and their surprise at unexpected grace and generosity. Based on an extraordinary range of primary sources, the story encompasses a fascinating cast of characters: a French captain who destroyed a British trading post, but left supplies for Indians to help them through a harsh winter, an American Loyalist releasing a captured Spanish woman in hopes that his act of kindness will result in a prisoner exchange, a Native American leader caught "between two hells" of a fickle ally and a greedy enemy, and the only general to surrender to both George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Finally, the author asks the question we face today: How do you end a war that doesn't want to end? -- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Glickstein, Don
- Dewey number
- 973.3/17
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Yorktown (Va.)
- Label
- After Yorktown : the final struggle for American independence, Don Glickstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-419) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Surrender -- Part two. The South -- Part three. The frontier -- Part four. The Caribbean -- Part five. The sea and the raiders -- Part six. The Mediterranean -- Part seven. The battle for India -- Part eight. Washington and Carleton
- Control code
- ocn910334691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594162336
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910334691
- Label
- After Yorktown : the final struggle for American independence, Don Glickstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-419) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Surrender -- Part two. The South -- Part three. The frontier -- Part four. The Caribbean -- Part five. The sea and the raiders -- Part six. The Mediterranean -- Part seven. The battle for India -- Part eight. Washington and Carleton
- Control code
- ocn910334691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594162336
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910334691
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