The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution - Hardcover

Tuchman, Barbara W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394553330 ISBN 13: 9780394553337

Publisher: Knopf, 1988

Synopsis

Presents a fresh view of the American Revolution, chronicling key events from 1776 to 1781 and assessing the repercussions for America, England, France, and other nations

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly written history paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.

About the Author:

BARBARA W. TUCHMAN (1912-1989) was born in New York City and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1933. A self-trained historian, she was a writer for The Nation and an editor for the U.S. Office of War Information. In her later years she was a lecturer at Harvard and the U.S. Naval War College. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for The Guns of August and in 1972 for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0394553330
• ISBN 13: 9780394553337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347