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LEADER: 02371nam a22003618i 4500
001 2011051151
003 DLC
005 20111216193756.0
008 111216s2012 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011051151
020 $a9780786462766 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ma$an-us---
050 00 $aE207.K74$bD74 2012
082 00 $a973.3092$223
100 1 $aDrew, Bernard A.$q(Bernard Alger),$d1950-
245 10 $aHenry Knox and the Revolutionary War trail in Western Massachusetts /$cBernard A. Drew.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2012.
263 $a1202
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEnglish fur traders, 1600s -- King Philip's War, 1670s -- Dutch fur traders, 1700s -- The great road -- Housatonic River Valley settled, 1730s and 1740s -- Seven Years War, I: Fort Saint-Frederic (Crown Point) Campaign, 1755 -- Yorkers at odds -- Seven Years War, II: Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) Expedition and Canada Reduction Campaign, 1758-1760 -- Roads less traveled -- Compass and chain -- Open rebellion, 1774-1783 -- War of Independence, I: Henry Knox, 1775-1776 -- War of Independence, II: John Burgoyne, 1777 -- Toward war's end, 1777-1789 -- Knox trail for the automobile age, 1920s -- Re-enactors, 1942-2008 -- Roads scholars: search for the true Knox trail, 2010.
520 $a"During the winter of 1776, in one of the most incredible logistical feats of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox and his teamsters transported cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston to help drive British forces from the city. This history documents Knox's precise route and chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Indian path into a a war road"--Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aKnox, Henry,$d1750-1806$xTravel$zMassachusetts.
650 0 $aMilitary roads$zMassachusetts$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns.
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xArtillery operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xArtillery operations.