About this title: This study gives a provocative and searching view of the pivotal events of the American Revolution examining the key role played by the opposing navies and revealing the characters of the major figures of the time such as Admiral Rodney, Lord Cornwallis and George Washington. Barbara Tuchman has also written "The Guns of August" (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), "Bible and Sword' and "The Zimmerman Telegram"
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394553337ISBN:0394553330
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 347 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394553337ISBN:0394553330
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 347 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394553337ISBN:0394553330
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 347 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394553337ISBN:0394553330
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. Ex-library. Nice hard cover, lightly read, acetate over dust jacket, library stamps & stickers, stk #2073t9. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 347 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Ballantine Books, 1989. Near Fine Book. Lightly handled, with minimal wear to book. Aside from light toning, overall a clean and tight copy. Media Mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 6-Sep-89
ISBN-13:9780345336675ISBN:0345336674
Description: Very Good. GREAT BOOK! MODERATE SHELF WEAR ON RED COVER, LIGHTLY AGED PAGES, NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. Description: Tuchman turns to America with a fresh new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to the American Nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution five years later--the moment that inaugurated the existence of a new nation, and announced the coming of a democratic age to the Old World. 8 pages of color, 8 pages of photos, 7 maps. ""From Publishers ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780345336675ISBN:0345336674
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. shows signs of normal wear has library name on first page and dates on 1st page read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780896219045ISBN:0896219046
Description: Good+ No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo. {004457} The First Salute by Barbara W. Tuchman. ISBN 0896219046. Published by Thorndike Press in 1989. HARD COVER 8vo Large-Type Ex-Library {Book Condition} GOOD+ NO JACKET {Jacket Condition Details} not issued. {Book Condition Details} Binding: slightly loose front hinge, bumped ends, Cover: rubbing, edge wear, library label, minor soiling, creasing on Spine, rubbing, End Papers: library pocket on rear pastedown, Text: bright, unmarked pages. {Keywords} LARGE ... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Small fold on cover corner. Otherwise clean and unmarked inside and out. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I don't often give up on books, but I did here. It just didn't grab and hold me, and so about a third of the way through, I decided life was too short to continue. I learned a few things about the Dutch, but that wasn't why I picked this one up. There was too little about the usual suspects of the Revolution, and so rather than fleshing out an oft-told tale, I felt as if I was reading something completely different."
"Fascinating view into the birth of the US navy. Interesting and not often told of the role of the Dutch (and their decay as a world power) prior to the Americna revolution."
"What an eye-opening account of the American Revolution! Who knew the Dutch played such an important role? It's an facet sadly left out of history lessons today.
Plus, the author herself had such a light touch, making history accessible to the general public. Her skill at prose brought history back to life."
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