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1776
Contributor(s): McCullough, David (Author)

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ISBN: 0743226712     ISBN-13: 9780743226714
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2005
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Annotation: Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," David McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War--a book certain to be another landmark in the literature of American history.Simon & Schuster
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
Dewey: 973.3
LCCN: 2005042505
Lexile Measure: 1300(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.45" H x 6.52" W x 9.56" L (1.72 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Awards: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award, Winner, Nonfiction, 2005
Quill Awards, Winner, Hist/Current Events/Pol, 2005
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 109
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 33
School Library Journal 10/01/2005 pg. 201
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2005 pg. 404
Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/15/2005 pg. 112
Publishers Weekly 02/21/2005 pg. 164
Booklist 03/01/2005 pg. 1100
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2006 pg. 8
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 104010
Reading Level: 9.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 20.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation's birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America's survival in the hands of George Washington.

In this masterful book, 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 a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It 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 King's men, 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.

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.


Contributor Bio(s): McCullough, David: - David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, and The Wright Brothers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
 
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