Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War (John Ferling - WH) freedom "I would charge into hell

"I would charge into hell for that old man

with exacting analysis and insight that ranges from the highest level of planning and command to the combat experience of the common soldier

and the momentous transformations of nineteenth-century America

stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks

Only John Michael Priest could capture the human impact of that fighting

Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War (John Ferling - WH) freedom "I would charge into hellIn April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were killed. The British continued marching, only to find even greater trouble in Concord and all the way down the road back to Boston. The Revolutionary War had begun. Shots Heard Round the World is a bold, comprehensive rendering of the world war that erupted out of America's battle for