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The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns)

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Victor Brooks "The Boston Campaign" constitutes the best available single reference on the first twelve months of the American Revolutionary War. This extremely useful and well-written reference book covers the battles of Concord and Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Dorcester heights, beginning in April 1775 and ending in March 1776.

The book is filled with first-hand accounts of the fighting -(both British and American), informative tone boxes (covering everything from the leading political and military figures on both sides to the opposing armies and soldiers), excellent maps (which make it easy to follow the military events so well described), and detailed orders of battle of both armies.

The author concludes with an excellent analysis of why events unfolded as they did. The result is one of the handiest and most useful references on the critical first year of the war.

This is the book for any reader interested in purchasing a single volume on the opening battles of the Revolutionary War.

And those interested in visiting and walking the battlefields where it all began should have this book in their pocket!

Best book on the subject I have yet to find, this book is highly informative. Gives the reader excellant background and dietailed coverage. Its main volume is easy to read. Seperate Articles on various sub subjects are highly informative and can be read with the chapters they are attached to or seperately.

I highly recomend this book for those interested in the American revolution and the Early phase in peticular.