About this title: THE DECISIVE DAY refers to the first heated battle of the American Revolution. Though the British technically won, the Americans proved their staying power and killed a large number of their enemy's men. The battle actually took place on Breeds Hill, in the Massachusetts countryside in June 1775.
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Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Binding: Illustrated Paper
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780385418973ISBN:0385418973
Description: Illustrated Throughout. Very Good+ in Trade Paperback. No Dustjacket. 6 x 8" A solid copy; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ read more
Description: Anchor Books. Yellowing. Water Stain on Edge. PAPERBACK COPY BOOK CLUB EDITION. Cover Creased. All books in VG or better condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co. Inc.,, Garden City, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1974
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and ends of spine are unmarred. Binding is tight. 282pp. Front cover has scuffs. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780385418973ISBN:0385418973
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Good Copy. Trade paperback. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Spine is square with creasing and wear. front cover and half title page torn near spine bottom. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Papeback
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780805060997ISBN:0805060995
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First thus trade paperback edition, Owl Books, 1999. VG+. One faint spine crease, minor cover wear. Black and white illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardback 5 1/2" x 8"
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1974
Description: drawings/maps. VG, corners/spine ends a little worn, top front corner bumped, 282 pp. name/date on the front pastedown, scattered underlining in the front 2/3 of the book, read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Many: Anchor Books, 1991, Many
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780385418973ISBN:0385418973
Description: Illustrated. Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. REVOLUTIONARY------The soft cover has very light shelf wear............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780385418973ISBN:0385418973
Description: Illustrated. Fine. 5.5 x 8 trade paperback book. Beige lettering on the blue spine with a color illustrated cover. In the finest tradition of narrative history, Richard Ketchum offers an engrossing, colorful narrative of this pivotal battle of the American Revolution. 282 pages. Tight binding. Fine condition. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780385418973ISBN:0385418973
Description: Illustrated. Fine. 8x5 inches. 282 indexed pages. Light brown, color illustrated cover with black and red lettering. Navy blue spine with tan lettering. Offers an engrossing, colorful narrative of the pivotal Bunker Hill Battle of the American Revolution. Clean, tight, unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1973
Description: b&w Illustration. VG+/No Jacket. AN EXPANDED AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE BATTLE FOR BUNKER HILL. Gilt on maroon boards; previous owner's name fep; rubs; 282 pages ((39)) read more
Description: Like New. Excellent condition (light wear on cover, no dust jacket, otherwise in mint/pristine condition). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
"If you think you know everything about the battle of Bunker Hill, I suggest you try this one. Ketchum is an excellent writer and historian who has mastered the sources on this issue. While there are plenty of details to satisfy the specialist, he also puts the battle into context and paints a convincing picture of the feelings of both the British and the colonists following Lexington and Concord.
Gage doesn't come off very well in this book.
I recommend it and not just for those interested primarily in military history."
""Decisive Day: the Battle for Bunker Hill" is historian, writer and editor Richard M. Ketchum's thoughtful study of the battle that confirmed the fact that the British colonies in America would not find a compromise with their mother country and would establish their own nation by force of arms. Ketchum takes his readers through the philosophical and political landscape of the times leading up to the rupture of revolution and makes good sense and a good story of the events and personalities at the founding of the United States. "Decisive Day" is not just a blow-by-blow account of the fight, a head-on struggle between a mixed force of colonial militia matched against a superior number of British Regulars. Ketchum uses varied and interesting original sources to show the wide gap in understanding that developed between crown and colony that led to the revolution. The author is adept at explaining the fascinating way that great events were carried forward by common people. Far from a cartoonish portrayal of British Officers as foppish incompetents, Ketchum shows the effort British commanders on the scene went to to appeal to what they thought of as common sense and patriotism to keep the colonies within the empire. He also helps the reader appreciate frustration colonial leaders had with parliment and documents first the drift and then the flood tide of realization by both parties that they would not find a peaceful solution to their problems. "Decisive Day" is not dry political discussion however. Ketchum writes with grace and respect and humor of the personalities involved. He also provides a crisp description of the action at Breed's Hill. And he makes a good case for the idea that the battle, a defeat for American forces, forged an understanding among those Americans that they had stood up long and well against disciplined regulars, and made the British pay dearly for the win. In the end Bunker Hill and the battles that followed convinced the Americans that what they inherited from England did not outweigh a country and a future they could make for themselves."
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