Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution

by William Hazelgrove

Book Overview

The inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary WarDuring the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundred miles south and east over frozen, often-treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163388614X
• ISBN13: 9781633886148
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"