Partisans and Redcoats - by Walter B Edgar (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this gripping, thoroughly researched volume of Southern conflict during the American Revolution, Walter Edgar brings to life the battles, the people, and the land that were a crucial front line in the struggle for independence. 8-page photo insert.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From one of the South′s foremost historians, this is the dramatic story of the conflict in South Carolina that was one of the most pivotal contributions to the American Revolution. </p><p> In 1779, Britain strategised a war to finally subdue the rebellious American colonies with a minimum of additional time, effort, and blood. Setting sail from New York harbour with 8,500 ground troops, a powerful British fleet swung south towards South Carolina. One year later, Charleston fell. And as King George′s forces pushed inland and upward, it appeared the six-year-old colonial rebellion was doomed to defeat. In a stunning work on forgotten history, acclaimed historian Walter Edgar takes the American Revolution far beyond Lexington and Concord to re-create the pivotal months in a nation′s savage struggle for freedom. It is a story of military brilliance and devastating human blunders - and the courage of an impossibly outnumbered force of demoralised patriots who suffered terribly at the hands of a merciless enemy, yet slowly gained confidence through a series of small triumphs that convinced them their war could be won. Alive with incident and colour. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A lively and accurate account of the vicious partisan fighting in the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War."--John Buchanan, author of The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas<br><br>"A significant contribution to Revolutionary history...Walter Edgar gives us a sobering sense of liberty's price."--Mobile Register<br><br>"A solid addition to the Revolutionary War literature."--Kirkus<br><br>"A splendid chronicle...This one goes on my shelf of important works about the birth of our country."--John Jakes, author of North and South<br><br>"A valuable addition to a too-small library on this chapter of the American Revolution."--William Hallahan, author of The Day the American Revolution Began<br><br>"Edgar paints in stark and realistic tones a portrait of the life and society of the backcountry."--Rock Hill Herald, South Carolina<br><br>"Edgar's lucid, unflinching account shows the American Revolution in the south was truly the nation's first civil war."--Publishers Weekly<br><br>"Meticulously researched, a volume reminding us once again that the cost of freedom has always been very high."--The State (Columbia, SC)<br><br>"Musketry practically cracks on page after page."--J. Tracy Power, author of Lee's Miserables<br><br>"This is a superb book...a great read."--Emory M. Thomas, author of Robert E. Lee: A Biography<br>
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