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1776 by David G McCullough is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is 1776 about?
Bestselling historian and two-time Pulitzer winner McCullough follows up John Adams by staying with America's founding, focusing on a year rather than an individual: a momentous 12 months in the fight for independence. How did a group of ragtag farmers defeat the world's greatest empire? As McCullough vividly shows, they did it with a great deal of suffering, determination, ingenuity—and, the author notes, luck.Although brief by McCullough's standards, this is a narrative tour de force, exhibiting all the hallmarks the author is known for: fascinating subject matter, expert research and detailed, graceful prose. Throughout, McCullough deftly captures both sides of the conflict. The British commander, Lord General Howe, perhaps not fully accepting that the rebellion could succeed, underestimated the Americans' ingenuity. In turn, the outclassed Americans used the cover of night, surprise and an abiding hunger for victory to astonishing effect. Henry Knox, for example, trekked 300 miles each way over harsh winter terrain to bring 120,000 pounds of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, enabling the Americans, in a stealthy nighttime advance, to seize Dorchester Heights, thus winn
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David G McCullough
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780743544238
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Political Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (135,293 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- 1776 [Arabic] (2006)
- David McCullough Library E-book Box Set (2005)
- 1776 (2005)
- 1776 (2011)
- ''The spirit of 76'' ... an American portrait (2005)
- David Mccullough Library e-Book Box Set Set: 1776, Brave Companions, the Great Bridge, John Adams, the Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the (2011)
- 1776 · The American Revolution (2005)
- 1776 (1975)
- 1776: America and Britain at war (2005)
- 1776 : America and Britain at war (2006)
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