Tories: fighting for the King in America's first civil war

Preface: "Little less than savage fury" -- Two flags over Plymouth -- Arming the Tories -- Flee or fight -- " To subdue the bad" -- The war for Boston -- Into the fourteenth colony -- The farewell fleet -- Beating the Southern drums -- "Broadswords and King George!" --...

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Main Author: Allen, Thomas B. 1929-2018 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Harper 2011
Edition:1. Harper pbk.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Preface: "Little less than savage fury" -- Two flags over Plymouth -- Arming the Tories -- Flee or fight -- " To subdue the bad" -- The war for Boston -- Into the fourteenth colony -- The farewell fleet -- Beating the Southern drums -- "Broadswords and King George!" -- War in the loyal province -- Terror on the neutral ground -- "Indians must be employed" -- Treason along the Chesapeake -- Vengeance in the valleys -- Seeking Southern friends -- Despair before the dawn -- Bloody days of reckoning -- And they began the world anew . - A history of the Americans who chose to side with the British in the American Revolution that sheds important new light on the little-known figures whose lives were forever changed because they remained faithful to their mother country
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-444) and index
Physical Description:XXIII, 468 S. 21 cm
ISBN:9780061241819

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