The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Cardinal |
| Publisher | Sphere Books Limited |
| Copyright Holder | Barbara Tuchman |
| First Published by | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Printed and Bound by | Richard Clay Ltd |
| Cover Art by | Grahame Baker |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| This Edition Published | 1990 |
| Copyright | 1989 |
| Pages / Font | 458 pages |
| ISBN | 0 7474 0363 5 |
| Price | U.K. £5.99 |
| Price | Aust. $16.99 (recommended) |
| Price | N.Z. $21.95 (incl. GST) |
| Price | 00599 [price code] |
| Chapters | Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi Notice 3 I "Here the Sovereignty of the United States was First Acknowledged" 5 II The Golden Rock 21 III Beggars Of the Sea - the Dutch Ascendancy 28 IV "The Maddest Idea In the World" - An American Navy 55 V Buccaneer - the Baltimore Hero 66 VI The Dutch and the English: Another War 76 VII Enter Admiral Rodney 121 VIII The French Intervention 186 IX Low Point Of the Revolution 210 X "A Successful Battle May Give Us America" 243 XI The Critical Moment 300 XII Last Chance - the Yorktown Campaign 322 Epilogue 383 Bibliography 396 Reference Notes 406 Index 432 |
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