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“ tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:02:58 Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA40031914 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters.” - Chicago Tribune “Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. It is only part of Tuchman’s genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion.” - People “Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington. In The First Salute, one of Americas consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. By turns lyrical and gripping, The First Salute is an exhilarating account of the birth of a nation. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War. She sheds new light on the key role played by the contending navies, paints a magnificent portrait of George Washington, and recounts in riveting detail the decisive campaign of the war at Yorktown. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid to the American colonies of both these nations made the triumph of independence possible. As an author, Tuchman focused on producing popular history. Tuchman - Audiobooks on Google Play The First Salute Barbara W.

She became best known for The Guns of August (1962), a history of the prelude and first month of World War I. In The First Salute, one of America’s consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American self-trained historian and author and double Pulitzer Prize winner. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War. The first salute Bookreader Item Preview.

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