Between the Lines: Banditti of the American Revolution

by Harry M. Ward

Book Overview

The Revolutionary War was not a polite conflict between orderly troops and gentlemanly officers. Civilians on the home front suffered considerably. This account depicts the ugly side of the War for Independence, where roving bands of robbers, known as banditti, plagued the countryside in areas not fully under the control of either army.

Regardless of their political sympathies, American civilians lived in terror of these well-armed gangs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976335
• ISBN13: 9780275976330
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.7"