Chronicles the Revolutionary War, describing the making of the army, the search for allies overseas, and the roles of the military and civilians in the fight against the British.
From Lexington and Concord to Yorktown, Bruce Lancaster's classic, The American Revolution, covers the story of America's fight for independence in vivid detail.
It tells the story of the Hessian soldiers brought over from the Hesse-Hanau region of Germany to fight in America alongside the British from the viewpoint of a young German Lieutenant, Kurt Ahrens, and Gustav Rentner, an enlisted man ...
Mr. Lancaster's careful research has produced a history of the Revolutionary War that is rich in human interest and surprising in detail while retaining all the factual information necessary for a thorough understanding of the causes and ...