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The Resource In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource)
In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource)
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The item In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The American Revolution may have been started by a group of citizen-soldiers on a green in Lexington, Massachusetts, but it was won on a choppy patch of water off Chesapeake Bay. In Bunker Hill and Valiant Ambition, Nathaniel Philbrick gave us a new and provocative way of looking at the war that created the United States. His latest book is the capstone of that enterprise, focusing on the last year of the war, and is the culmination of Philbrick's engagement with American history and the sea over the last twenty years. In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake--fought without a single American ship--made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability. In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, In the Hurricane's Eye reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
-
- Chapter 3
- "Delays and Accidents of the Sea"
- p. 47
- Chapter 4
- Bayonets and Zeal
- p. 73
- Chapter 5
- End of the Tether
- p. 104
- Part II
- Part I
- "The Ocean of History"
- Chapter 6
- "A Ray of Light"
- p. 129
- Chapter 7
- "The Spur of Speed"
- p. 153
- Chapter 8
- "Ligne de Vitesse"
- p. 179
- "Against the Wind"
- Chapter 9
- Yorktown
- p. 204
- Chapter 10
- "The North River Captain"
- p. 239
- Chapter 1
- Building Storm
- p. 3
- Chapter 2
- "An Enemy in the Heart of the Country"
- p. 22
- Isbn
- 9780698153226
- Label
- In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown
- Title
- In the hurricane's eye
- Title remainder
- the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown
- Statement of responsibility
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Subject
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- Command of troops
- Electronic books
- HISTORY / Military / Naval
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- Military participation -- French
- Siege of Yorktown (Virginia : 1781)
- Southern States
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- United States
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French
- Virginia -- Yorktown
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
- Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The American Revolution may have been started by a group of citizen-soldiers on a green in Lexington, Massachusetts, but it was won on a choppy patch of water off Chesapeake Bay. In Bunker Hill and Valiant Ambition, Nathaniel Philbrick gave us a new and provocative way of looking at the war that created the United States. His latest book is the capstone of that enterprise, focusing on the last year of the war, and is the culmination of Philbrick's engagement with American history and the sea over the last twenty years. In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake--fought without a single American ship--made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability. In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, In the Hurricane's Eye reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea."--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Dewey number
- 973.3/37
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E241.Y6
- LC item number
- P55 2018eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington, George
- Washington, George
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Siege of Yorktown (Virginia : 1781)
- Command of troops
- Military participation
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- HISTORY / Military / Naval
- Yorktown (Va.)
- United States
- Southern States
- Southern States
- United States
- Virginia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource)
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Chapter 3
- "Delays and Accidents of the Sea"
- p. 47
- Chapter 4
- Bayonets and Zeal
- p. 73
- Chapter 5
- End of the Tether
- p. 104
- Part II
- Part I
- "The Ocean of History"
- Chapter 6
- "A Ray of Light"
- p. 129
- Chapter 7
- "The Spur of Speed"
- p. 153
- Chapter 8
- "Ligne de Vitesse"
- p. 179
- "Against the Wind"
- Chapter 9
- Yorktown
- p. 204
- Chapter 10
- "The North River Captain"
- p. 239
- Chapter 1
- Building Storm
- p. 3
- Chapter 2
- "An Enemy in the Heart of the Country"
- p. 22
- Control code
- on1057342992
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780698153226
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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- Reformatting quality
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- 125F3ACA-8FA1-45E3-B259-29E66076F03D
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- (Sirsi) o1057342992
- (OCoLC)1057342992
- Label
- In the hurricane's eye : the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chapter 3
- "Delays and Accidents of the Sea"
- p. 47
- Chapter 4
- Bayonets and Zeal
- p. 73
- Chapter 5
- End of the Tether
- p. 104
- Part II
- Part I
- "The Ocean of History"
- Chapter 6
- "A Ray of Light"
- p. 129
- Chapter 7
- "The Spur of Speed"
- p. 153
- Chapter 8
- "Ligne de Vitesse"
- p. 179
- "Against the Wind"
- Chapter 9
- Yorktown
- p. 204
- Chapter 10
- "The North River Captain"
- p. 239
- Chapter 1
- Building Storm
- p. 3
- Chapter 2
- "An Enemy in the Heart of the Country"
- p. 22
- Control code
- on1057342992
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780698153226
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 125F3ACA-8FA1-45E3-B259-29E66076F03D
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1057342992
- (OCoLC)1057342992
Subject
- Command of troops
- Electronic books
- HISTORY / Military / Naval
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- Military participation -- French
- Siege of Yorktown (Virginia : 1781)
- Southern States
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- United States
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French
- Virginia -- Yorktown
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
- Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
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