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" It happened in the Revolutionary War : "
Michael R. Bradley.
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BL
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851509
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| Main Entry
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Bradley, Michael R., (Michael Raymond),1940-
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It happened in the Revolutionary War : : stories of events and people that shaped American history /\ Michael R. Bradley.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Guilford, Connecticut :: Globe Pequot,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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| Series Statement
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"It happened in..." series
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xvi, 182 pages ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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1493037226
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: 9781493037223
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9781493037230
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| Notes
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"From Pontiac's Rebellion to he Treaty of Paris." - cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-177) and index.
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| Contents
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Revolutionary War timeline -- Martyrs of a massacre or victims of a propaganda ploy? -- Before Lexington and Concord: the real first shots -- Turning an insult against the insulter -- How well could the Minutemen shoot? -- The pen is mightier than the sword -- It took a good snow -- July 4h, 1776--what really happened? -- The lowly palmetto defeats the royal oak -- Patriot? Traitor? Inconsistent? : the strange case of Charles Lee -- The reluctant author -- The patriotic political parson -- A little-known signer -- Another midnight ride -- Blue coat or red? -- Legendary long rifles -- David Bushnell's curious turtle -- What Washington really said while crossing the Delaware -- The posthumous prisoner of war -- The loyal leg -- "I have not yet begun to fight" or words to that effect -- Cussin' in German does no good -- Nimham's Indian company -- Gateway to hell -- Delaware daredevil -- A little stroll -- Sharks in the harbor -- The Georgia war woman -- The meanest man in American -- The old wagon driver -- I can fire a cannon at it if I want--it's my house -- The battle of the bluffs -- Roman legionnaires aid the patriots -- Worms won the war for the patriots.
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"From the never-ending controversy over the Boston Massacre to the world's first working (sort of) submarine, It Happened in the Revolutionary War looks at intriguing people and episodes that shaped the course of the war."--Provided by publisher.
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Anecdotes.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.3
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E296.B74 2018
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HIS036030bisacsh
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| Parallel Title
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Revolutionary War
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