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1776 Compact disc - 2005
de David McCullough; Read by David McCullough
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Truman" and "John Adams"--and one of America's most beloved historians--relates the intricate story of the Revolutionary War with this powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding era. Abridged. 5 CDs.
Resumen
In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.
The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.
Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who stands foremost -- Washington, who had never before led an army in battle.
The darkest hours of that tumultuous year were as dark as any Americans have known. Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how much is owed to a rare few in that brave founding epoch, and what a miracle it was that things turned out as they did.
Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.
Detalles
- Título 1776
- Autor David McCullough; Read by David McCullough
- Encuadernación Compact Disc
- Edición Abridged
- Volúmenes 5
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Simon & Schuster Audio, New York
- Fecha de publicación 2005-05-24
- Abridged Sí
- ISBN 9780743540070 / 0743540077
- Peso 0.35 libras (0.16 kg)
- Dimensiones 5.7 x 5.2 x 1 pulgadas (14.48 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Audiobooks, United States - History - Revolution,
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2007575054
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.3
Reseñas en medios
"...McCullough brilliantly captures the Spirit of '76 in Washington's miraculous victories at Trenton and Princeton. An altogether marvelous contribution that deserves to be read by every American."
-- Library Journal
-- Library Journal
Citas
- Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 33
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2005, Page 404
- Publishers Weekly, 07/11/2005, Page 90
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