The Green Dragoon [Paperback]

Robert D. Bass (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0878441638 | ISBN-13: 978-0878441631 | Publication Date: January 30, 2003

Banastre Tarleton was born August 21, 1754 in Liverpool, England to an upper middle-class family. He studied law at Oxford and joined the military in 1775. He sailed with Lord Cornwallis where the British fleet dropped anchor in the Charleston harbor and attempted to attack the palmetto log fort near Sullivan s Island. The British were not successful at taking the fort and headed north to form ground troops. Three weeks before his 24th birthday, Tarleton was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the British Legion, a military unit composed of infantry and cavalry troops. Tarleton combined the troops to form his own green-jacketed dragoons, a group of mounted infantrymen who rode on horseback into battle and dismounted to fight. Tarleton led a powerful combat team including raids in the upstate and took an active part in battles all over the Carolinas. Swiftly moving his troops from Beaufort to Charleston to Goose Creek and Moncks Corner, the cavalry advanced northward, keeping in motion to gain intelligence of the enemy s design. Bloody Tarleton was perhaps best known for his barbaric actions in killing men even after they surrendered and begged for quarter. Tarleton s quarter, essentially meaning no quarter, became the battle cry of American riflemen.

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About the Author

Robert D. Bass, born near Scranton, South Carolina was one of the nation's leading scholars of the American revolution in South Carolina. Dr. Bass was a professor at several prestigious colleges and universities across the country. He was honored by the SC Hall of Fame, the American Revolution Round Table and the American Association of State and Local History

Product Details

• Paperback: 490 pages
• Publisher: Sandlapper Pub Co (January 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878441638
• ISBN-13: 978-0878441631
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, January 8, 2004

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This review is from: The Green Dragoon (Paperback)

Clearly one of the best books written on Banastre Tarleton. Clear, clean prose on a most complex man. A highly intellectual biography, perhaps over some heads in many ways--but well worth the effort. The book makes clear that it is important to remember that there was another side to our revolution.

4.0 out of 5 stars as advertised, November 6, 2011

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This review is from: The Green Dragoon (Paperback)

the story of banastre tarleton, the dreaded bloody ban, of the american revolution explores his command of troops under cornwallis in the american revolutionary war as well as his love affair with noted poetess mary robinson. it also treats his life as a successful politician in the england of his era and his elevation to a baronetcy.

8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 6, 2004

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Mr. Mickey J. Wind (douglaston, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is an excellent read on Banistre Tarleton. One of the best commanders of horse-mounted troops in history of the world.

This shows the human side of Tarleton and shows how his reputation as a wild eyed killer is underserved propaganda, like most anti-loyalist and anti-british statements are.

We need more books like this detailing the forgotten heroes of the struggle ad less books based on propoganda and subjective rhetoric.