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  • The First Salute

  • A View of the American Revolution
  • Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
  • Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
  • Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The First Salute

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Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and best-selling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland.

This compellingly written history presents a fresh, new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to American nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution five years later. It paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.
©1988 Barbara W. Tuchman (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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  • Categories: History
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What the critics say

"Trenchant observations and an exciting climax....Most libraries will want this Pulitzer Prize-winner's latest." (Library Journal)

"Blackstone's inspired pairing of narrator Nadia May with the work of Barbara Tuchman introduces a new generation to...one of the twentieth century's most popular and esteemed historians." (AudioFile)

"[A] brilliant slice of American Revolutionary history....expertly weaving political and military history, Tuchman lets you feel how Washington's victory at Yorktown sent shock waves around the globe." (Publishers Weekly)

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Vdery inlightening

An exhausting covering of the whats and warefores of war, stratagem of a preperation to a battle

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cool book.

great author, good narrator, and an interesting take on the American revolution. the way she characterizes key individuals is great.

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