LEADER 02326cam a2200349 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20200811134110.0 008 130125s2014 nyuabf b 001 0deng 010 2013001534 020 9780670025442 (hc.) 020 |z9780143125327 (pbk.) 035 (OCoLC)818953755 035 8055213 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dhubpceuo 043 n-us-ma 050 00 E241.B9 |bP48 2014 082 00 973.3/312 |223 100 1 Philbrick, Nathaniel, |d1956- 245 10 Bunker Hill : |ba city, a siege, a revolution / |cNathaniel Philbrick. 260 New York : |bPenguin Books, |c2014. 300 xvii, 396 p., [32] p. of plates : |bill. (some col.), maps ; |c22 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index. 505 0 Liberty. The city on the hill -- Poor unhappy Boston -- The long hot summer -- The alarm -- The unnatural contest. -- Rebellion. The trick to see it -- The bridge -- No business but that of war -- The redoubt -- The battle. -- The Siege. The fiercest man -- The clap of thunder -- Character alone. 520 Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe. Boston, Massachusettts in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from citizens to vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have maneuvered around each other until April 19th, when violence erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockade and Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way to war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. 650 0 Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775. 651 0 Boston (Mass.) |xHistory |yRevolution, 1775-1783. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6973_300000000000000_312_PHI |70 |8GEN |9129640OSA |bOSA |d2020-08-11 |eOSA |l0 |o973.3/312 PHI |r2020-08-11 |w2020-08-11 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 1e2n1aeG 992 01 973_300000000000000_312_PHI |bQSW_WZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_WYX_AIH 966 |cIn the Research Room