Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution

by Lincoln Diamant

Book Overview

Much of the Revolutionary War took was fought along the Hudson River-which for five years was successfully blockaded by American forces by means of a massive chain across the river at West Point. Here is this important story, vividly and dramatically told, from logs, diaries, letters, and with many rare illustrations. "In an almost magical sense the reader is drawn back to the time when the country drew its first breath."-The New York Times "Brings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223396
• ISBN13: 9780823223398
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"