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Memoir Of The Life And Times Of General John Lamb: An Officer Of The Revolution, Who Commanded The Post At West Point At The Time Of Arnold'S Defectio

Memoir Of The Life And Times Of General John Lamb: An Officer Of The Revolution, Who Commanded The Post At West Point At The Time Of Arnold'S Defectio

Q. Leake, Isaac

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Biographies GeneralGeneral World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 9354502202
ISBN13: 9789354502200
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Benedict Arnold treason shook the Revolution, one officer stood at the hinge of history. Liberty hung by a thread. Isaac Q. Leake's Memoir of General John Lamb brings you close to the anxious days of the Hudson Highlands, drawing on a revolutionary war memoir tradition with the pacing of lived experience and the authority of record. Part historical military biography, part eyewitness account, it follows Lamb from the struggle in American Revolution New York to the responsibilities that placed him within the West Point command history at the moment the nation faced betrayal. The result is a vivid portrait of a fighting patriot and of the fragile machinery of a new republic. At the heart of the book is an exceptional body of american founding era letters: george washington correspondence alongside exchanges with Clinton, Patrick Henry, and other leading figures. These primary source documents read as both personal testimony and a working archive, invaluable for research for American history and engrossing for any reader who wants the Revolution in its human voice. For those drawn to continental army officers and patriot generals biographies, and for collectors seeking a founding fathers letters collection with genuine historical weight, Leake's volume remains a compelling window into the founding era's decisions, loyalties, and costs. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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