The spirit of 'seventy six volume 1 (Record no. 12383)
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
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| Classification number | 973.3082 Spi |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 973.3082 Spi |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Commager, Henery Steele |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The spirit of 'seventy six volume 1 |
| Remainder of title | the story of the American Revolution as told by participants |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Edited by Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | The spirt of '76 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1958 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Indianapolis |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 662 p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | The spirit of 'seventy-six |
| Number of part/section of a work | Volume I |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes illustrations on endpapers. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. The fierce spirit of resistance. : Mohawk Indians spill tea in Boston Harbor ; Parliament punishes the Bostonians ; Intolerable acts unite the colonies ; Boston beleaguered and saved -- 2. Congress asserts the rights of Americans : Union for resistance ; The First Congress debates the rights of Americans ; The declaration of rights -- 3. The war begins : Will the Americans fight? ; Colonel Leslie's expedition to Salem ; The midnight ride of Paul Revere ; A town called Lexington ; Concord ; Sounding the alarm ; Ticonderoga ; Virginia takes the road to revolution -- 4. Bunker's Hill : The siege of Boston ; Bunker's Hill: the American version ; Bunker's Hill: the British version -- 5. The battle for Boston : Washington is appointed to the command of the American army ; Boston under siege ; Creating an American army ; Holding the army together ; The British in Boston are frustrated and bored ; The British navy ineffectively harasses the Americans ; Boston redeemed -- 6. The Canadian campaigns : The beginning: the capture of St. Johns and Montreal ; Arnold leads an expedition to Quebec ; The fateful assaunt on Quebec ; The army in retreat ; Arnold saves the American army: the battles on Lake Champlain -- 7. "A great empire and little minds" : A great empire and little minds go ill together ; The American war divides English opinion ; Discontent in Britain ; The war of pamphlets ; The great debate ; George III hires mercenaries -- 8. The great declaration : Benjamin Rush limns some of the founding fathers ; Defiance or reconciliation ; The turn of the tide ; Independence like a torrent ; The final debate ; The great declaration -- 9. The loyalists : The loyalists argue their cause ; The ruth of civil war ; The propriety and legality of loyalist oaths ; The rising tide of fury ; Tory defiance ; Loyalists in exile ; The return of the natives -- 10. The struggle for democracy at home : All power is in the people ; Massachusetts realizes the theories of the wisest writers ; Two bills of rights ; Freedom embraces religion as well as politics ; How reconcile freedom to slavery? ; Austerity, morality and equality ; Education for a free people ; Will the revolution wipe out class distinctions? -- 11. The battle for New York : The redcoats bring war to the middle states ; The eve of battle ; The Howes' first attempt at conciliation ; The battle of Long Island begins ; Sullivan leaves the back door open ; Stirling makes a gallant stand ; The withdrawal to New York ; The futile mission of the Howes: the negotiations with members of Congress ; Awaiting the attack ; The East River crossing and the Kip's bay rout ; The British repulse at Harlem Heights ; New York in flames: the great fire of September 20 ; The martyrdom of Nathan Hale ; Awaiting Howe's next move ; The retreat to White Plains ; Howe's futile stroke at White Plains ; The fall of Fort Washington -- 12. Bagging the fox : The retreat to New Jersey ; Counterattack: the victory at Trenton ; Princeton ; Pillaging and war atrocities ; Stalemate -- 13. The Burgoyne campaign : The plan for a three-pronged attack on New York ; First round: a war of words ; The fall of Ticonderoga ; Burgoyne's first serious blunder ; The Jenny McCrea atrocity ; The rout of St. Leger ; The Hessian disaster at Bennington ; Saratoga: the first phase: Freeman's farm ; Sir Henry Clinton's relief expedition ; Saratoga: the last phase: Bemis Heights ; The surrender of Burgoyne -- 14. Howe invades Pennsylvania : Philadelphia is the objective ; Brandywine ; The fall of Philadelphia ; Germantown ; The struggle for control of the Delaware ; Valley Forge ; The "Conway cabal" ; The British abandon Philadelphia. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answer--the participants themselves--and in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and more. In letters, journals, diaries, official documents, and personal recollections, the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers. Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary, this book examines every aspect of the war, including the Loyalist and British views; treason and prison escapes; songs and ballads; the home front and diplomacy abroad. In short, the editors have wrought a balanced, sweeping, and compelling documentary history. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Information code or alphabet | 49476 |
| 648 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | American Revolution (1775-1783) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| Source of heading or term | Revolution |
| Form subdivision | Personal narratives |
| Chronological subdivision | 1775-1783 |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| Source of heading or term | Revolution |
| Form subdivision | Sources |
| Chronological subdivision | 1775-1783 |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Ed. |
| Personal name | Commager, Henry Steele |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Ed. |
| Personal name | Morris, Richard B. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Book Cart | 13.00 | 1 | 973.3082 Spi | 49476 | 2022-03-10 | 2022-01-18 |