| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
973.3312 Ket |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
973.3312 Ket |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ketchum, Richard M |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Battle for Bunker Hill |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Richard M. Ketchum |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Doubleday & Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1962 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Garden City, NY |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
232 p |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Boston, 1775: A town occupied by General Thomas Gage’s redcoats and groaning with Tory refugees from the Massachusetts countryside. Besieged for two months by a rabble in arms, the British decided to break out of town. American spies discovered their plans, and on the night of June 16, 1775, a thousand rebels marched out onto Charlestown peninsula and began digging a redoubt (not on Bunker Hill, which they had been ordered to fortify, but on Breeds Hill, well within cannon shot of the British batteries and ships). At daybreak, HMS Lively began firing. It was the opening round of a battle that saw unbelievable heroism and tragic blunders on both sides (a battle that marked a point of no return for England and her colonies), the beginning of all-out war.
With impeccable scholarship, Richard M. Ketchum’s 1962 book describes the historic setting and importance of the battle, analysing the character and motives, as well as the many blunders, of responsible leaders on both sides. He gives a detailed and fascinating depiction of the battle, recapturing in graphic style each witness account. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
29154 |
| 648 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
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| Source of heading or term |
Bunker Hill, Battle of (Boston, Massachusetts : 1775) |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
Boston, Mass. |
| Form subdivision |
Bunker Hill, Battle of |
| Chronological subdivision |
1775 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |