Benson J. Lossing's Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution in Virginia & Maryland - Softcover

Benson; John Lossing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978624858 ISBN 13: 9780978624859

Publisher: Dram Tree Books, 2008

Synopsis

It was by the placid waters of the Chesapeake Bay that some of the most dramatic scenes of the Revolutionary War were played out, paving the way for the birth of a new nation. In Virginia and Maryland, the struggle for independence from Great Britain was finally won at battlefields and towns that stretch from Annapolis to the Shenandoah Valley. In 1848, New Yorker Benson J. Lossing embarked on a two year trek that covered thousands of miles through the original thirteen states and Canada. His mission was to collect and preserve the stories of the men and women who had fought to make the United States a reality. His original work was published in 1850, consisting of two volumes comprising over 2,000 pages of first-hand history. In this book, we have excerpted the chapters that deal with the war in Virginia and Maryland, including Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and the settlement of the Albemarle region of North Carolina). It was the scene of some of the war's hardest fights: Williamsb

About this title

About the Author:

Benson J. Lossing was a journalist and illustrator from upstate New York whose seminal work, "A Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution," remains one of the best popular histories of America's war for independence. Editor Jack E. Fryar, Jr. is the author or editor of many books of North Carolina history. He lives and works in Wilmington, N.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dram Tree Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0978624858
• ISBN 13: 9780978624859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Jr., Jack, E. Fryar