Amerikanische Revolution 07

Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times

Autor: Joel Richard Paul

To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan

Autor: Andrew Waters

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series, Band 2)

Autor: Nathaniel Philbrick

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965

Autoren: Paul Reid, William Manchester

Joel Barlow: American Citizen in a Revolutionary World

Autor: Richard Jr. Buel

Portia: The World of Abigail Adams

Autor: Edith B. Gelles

Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams

Autor: Louisa Thomas

The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History

Autor: Jonathan Horn

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Original Classic 1791 Edition (Annotated)

Herausgeber: Aevum Editions Publishing
Autor: Benjamin Franklin

Landers, J: Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions

Jane G. Landers

The Moravian Mission Diaries of David Zeisberger: 1772-1781 (Max Kade German-American Research Institute)

The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen

Maud Gonne

The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Alex Storozynski

The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life

Joyce Lee Malcolm

A vivid and timely re-examination of one of young America's most complicated figures: The war hero turned infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold.

Proud and talented, history now remembers this conflicted man solely through the lens of his last desperate act of treason. Yet the fall of Benedict Arnold remains one of the Revolutionary period's great puzzles. Why did a brilliant military commander, who repeatedly risked his life fighting the British, who was grievously injured in the line of duty, and fell into debt personally funding his own troops, ultimately became a traitor to the patriot cause?

Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm skillfully unravels the man behind the myth and gives us a portrait of the true Arnold and his world. There was his dramatic victory against the British at Saratoga in 1777 and his troubled childhood in a pre-revolutionary America beset with class tension and economic instability. We witness his brilliant wartime military exploits and learn of his contentious relationship with a newly formed and fractious Congress, fearful of powerful military leaders, like Arnold, who could threaten the nation's fragile democracy.

Marquis de Lafayette and Baron de Kalb: The Lives of the Legendary Foreign Soldiers Who Sailed to America Together to Fight in the Revolutionary War

Charles River Editors

By the time the Revolutionary War started, military confrontations between the world powers had become so common that combat was raised to the status of a fine art, consuming a large portion of time for adolescent males in training and comprising a sizable component of the economy. Weaponry was developed to a degree of quality not accessible to most North Americans, and European aristocrats were reared in the mastery of swordsmanship with an emphasis on the saber for military use. Likewise, the cavalry, buoyed by a tradition of expert horsemanship and saddle-based combat, was a fighting force largely beyond reach for colonists, which meant that fighting on horses was an undeveloped practice in the fledgling Continental Army, and the American military did not yet fully comprehend the value of cavalry units.  

German participation in the Revolution is historically noted for the Hessians, mercenary soldiers recruited in whole companies by Britain, whose standing army featured relatively low numbers when the American Revolution began. However, other Germans noted for their mastery of the science of war sided with the colonies, and one of them was Baron Johann von de Kalb, a mentor and elder colleague of the legendary Lafayette. Considered by some to be far too old for one attempting to rejuvenate the career of a soldier, de Kalb was a keen student of war with a steady mind and hand. Once able to prove his worth to the Continental Congress, he rose immediately to the rank of brigadier general under George Washington, served with distinction, and died heroically in the Battle of Camden, a battle in the South that foretold the eventual surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.  

By the time of his participation in the American theater, de Kalb was in his 50s, but given that he was still physically strong and well-trained in combat, he took up the fight against Britain as a matter of personal rejuvenation, on both a political and emotional level. In his efforts on behalf of the colonies, he proved himself to possess extraordinary vitality, regardless of age, and his legacy, much like that of his protége, remains a strong one.

Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero

Ryan Cole

He was a dashing military hero who led the fight for America's independence. His son would later become the general who almost tore America apart.

Henry Lee I I I - whose nickname, " Light-Horse, " came from his legendary exploits with mounted troops and skill in the saddle - was a dashing cavalry commander and hero of America's War for Independence. By now most Americans have forgotten about Light-Horse Harry Lee, the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, but this new biography reveals he may be one of the most fascinating figures in our nation's history. A daring military commander, Lee was also an early American statesman whose passionate argument in favor of national unity helped ratify the Constitution.  

When President George Washington needed to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, he sent in his friend Light-Horse Harry Lee with 12, 000 militiamen. When Washington died, Lee was the man who famously eulogized our first president as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. " With incredible stories about Light-Horse Harry Lee's interactions with famous men and women - including George and Martha Washington, Nathanial Greene, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr - this book paints a rich portrait of an underappreciated American character and provides unique new insight into the upbringing and motivations of Lee's infamous son, General Robert E. Lee.

Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko: The Life and Legacy of Poland's Most Famous General

Charles River Editors

Many Americans labor under the misconception that the nation's colonial and national heritage was almost wholly accomplished by an English migration, and the notion of early American diversity ends at an acknowledgment of the slave trade conducted between Southern buyers, Northern shippers, the African continent and the Caribbean region. However, early America witnessed the development of New York by the Dutch, the southernmost regions by Spain, and what would become eastern Canada by the French after lengthy battles with Britain. In fact, the Seven Years' War during the 1750s was fought on a nearly global scale between several European belligerents.  

As a result, when the Revolution began, the Continental Army sported numerous volunteers from Ireland, Scotland, virtually every European nation between France and Russia, and men from the northern and southern borders of the European continent.

Poland's famous soldier, artist, engineer, and statesman Tadeusz Ko? ciuszko possessed a uniquely expanded vision that perceived the American conflict as the test of a new universal paradigm. A philosophical revolution in itself, the vision held by Locke and Jefferson for a previously unknown standard of individual liberty found an obsessive place in Ko? ciuszko's life view. His response to its power was to make him a much-heralded citizen of both continents in perpetuity, in war and peacetime. A hero in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, Ko? ciuszko not only fought as an officer in the Continental Army of General Washington, but also designed and constructed the defenses for some of America's earliest cities and important military defenses. As a friend to the fledgling state, he went on to lead a "national insurrection" in his Polish homeland against centuries-old Russian domination, mirroring the American effort. Denying allegiance and assistance to Tsars and Emperors such as Catherine and Napoleon unless Polish independence was guaranteed, Ko? ciuszko witnessed the disappearance of Poland from the world map, an absence not rectified for well over a century.

Today, streets, bridges, monuments, and even neighborhoods bear Ko? ciuszko's name across the country, and in Polish communities, he is often hailed as a hero equal to General Washington himself. Tadeusz Ko? ciuszko: The Life and Legacy of Poland's Most Famous General profiles one of the Revolutionary War's most important figures.  

Agrippa Hull: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Black Soldier

Charles River Editors

By the time the Revolutionary War started, military confrontations between the world powers had become so common that combat was raised to the status of a fine art, consuming a large portion of time for adolescent males in training and comprising a sizeable component of the economy. Weaponry was developed to a degree of quality not accessible to most North Americans, and European aristocrats were reared in the mastery of swordsmanship with an emphasis on the saber for military use.

Nations such as France undoubtedly had an elevating effect on America's capacity to make formal war, and Lafayette is the most famous foreigner to serve in the Continental Army, but one of the most important individuals who arrived was a Polish nobleman named Tadeusz Ko? ciuszko, who had military and engineering experience.  

Raised in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Hull's increasing fame is accessible in large part due to his association with Ko? ciuszko, who is still a hero across America today for helping design and construct the defenses of West Point, among other things. Serving as Ko? ciuszko's orderly for a period of 50 months in nearly every major battle, Hull was described by noted historian Gary Gary Nash as a great "unnoticed American". Nash further speaks of Hull's service to the Continental Army at the side of Ko? ciuszko as the core of his "hidden importance". By the end of the war, Hull had served for six years and two months in Washington's army, receiving a badge of honor for his extended service, and precious discharge papers signed by the commanding general himself.

Beyond that unique professional collaboration and personal friendship, the savvy orderly set an example to all free blacks by achieving a lifestyle unthinkable for many white residents of Stockbridge or any American community. Likewise, excellence as an orderly to a high-ranking officer is not the most memorable story for an American biography; rather, Hull's influence on Ko? ciuszko's worldview constitutes the heightened social value of the alliance. Confident in his status as a full citizen, Hull's way of looking at the world reflected the sentiments that caused the colonies to consider revolution. Accepted as an honored citizen in his community of Stockbridge, he lived a distinguished life that lasted until the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in the mid-19th century.

Agrippa Hull: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Black Soldier profiles one of the Revolution's most unique participants. In this audiobook, you will learn about Hull like never before.  

Francis Marion: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Legendary Swamp Fox

Charles River Editors

" As for this damned old fox, the Devil himself could not catch him. " - Colonel Banastre Tarleton

" Well, now, this is exactly my case. I am in love; and my sweetheart is Liberty. Be that heavenly nymph my companion, and these wilds and Woods shall have charms beyond London and Paris in slavery. To have no proud monarch driving over me with his gilt coaches; nor his host of excise-men and tax-gatherers insulting and robbing me; but to be my own master, my own prince and sovereign, gloriously preserving my national dignity, and pursuing my true happiness; planting my vineyards, and eating their luscious fruits; and sowing my fields, and reaping the golden grain: and seeing millions of brothers all around me, equally free and happy as myself. ' This, sir, is What I long for. " - A quote attributed to Francis Marion

In 2000, The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson, captured the nation's attention with the highly dramatized story of an American patriot fighting the British in South Carolina during the American Revolution. As viewers learned that Gibson's character was loosely based on General Francis Marion, nicknamed the " Swamp Fox" by his enemies, people took a new interest in this often forgotten soldier.

Those who had seen the movie may have envisioned Marion as a family man, a widower with enlightened, 21st century views, but those who dug deeper would find a man that Hugh Rankin, one of Marion's biographers, described as "something like a sandwich - a highly spiced center between two slabs of rather dry bread. " In fact, Marion was a bachelor most of his life, and he likely only married so that he might have someone to care for him in his old age.