The revolutionaries / by the editors of Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: American story (Alexandria, Va.)Publication details: Alexandria, VA : Time Life-Books, c1996.Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 26 cmISBN:
  • 0783562500
  • 9780783562506
  • 078356256X (deluxe ed.)
  • 9780783562568 (deluxe ed.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 208 .R46 1996
Contents:
Air of independence -- Regulars are coming out!: Essay-Diary of a Quaker housewife -- Divide and conquer: Essay-Declaring Independence -- Defeat into victory: Essay-Iroquois in the American Revolution -- On to Yorktown: Essay-private Yankee Doodle -- After the war -- Profile of Revolutionary America -- Chronology of events.
Summary: The visually lush presentation of paintings, documents, and artifacts is sure to appeal to students doing research or just looking for an attractive presentation. The text describes the events of the Revolutionary War, with inset essays on such topics as the work of a Quaker housewife and the role of the Iroquois. An appended feature describes what happened to key figures after the war. There is a page of statistics of the era and a chronology of events of the war and of politics, science, and the arts at the time. Photographs, prints, maps, and insets give information about people and events in the Revolutionary War. This is a beautiful book that includes many of Peale's paintings. There are biographies, statistics about the country, and notes about lifestyles, politics, science and the arts.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection E 208 .R46 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98631152

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Air of independence -- Regulars are coming out!: Essay-Diary of a Quaker housewife -- Divide and conquer: Essay-Declaring Independence -- Defeat into victory: Essay-Iroquois in the American Revolution -- On to Yorktown: Essay-private Yankee Doodle -- After the war -- Profile of Revolutionary America -- Chronology of events.

The visually lush presentation of paintings, documents, and artifacts is sure to appeal to students doing research or just looking for an attractive presentation. The text describes the events of the Revolutionary War, with inset essays on such topics as the work of a Quaker housewife and the role of the Iroquois. An appended feature describes what happened to key figures after the war. There is a page of statistics of the era and a chronology of events of the war and of politics, science, and the arts at the time. Photographs, prints, maps, and insets give information about people and events in the Revolutionary War. This is a beautiful book that includes many of Peale's paintings. There are biographies, statistics about the country, and notes about lifestyles, politics, science and the arts.

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