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18th eighteenth century
A01=Brendan Morrissey
A12=Adam Hook
America
American Revolutionary War
Author_Adam Hook
Author_Brendan Morrissey
battle
Britain
British
Canadian
Category=JWL
Category=NHK
city
colonist
conflict
control
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eq_history
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French
illustrated
Lake Champlain
maps
photographic
Revolution
strategic
strategy
tactic
United States army
US
Valcour Island
wilderness

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  • ISBN 9781841766812
  • Weight: 360g
  • Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Oct 2003
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Accompanied by maps and illustrations, a slim volume detailing the American attack on Quebec in 1775, the capture of which would give the Americans control of Canada – a disaster for the British.

The subsequent campaign involved a 350-mile trek across uninhabited wilderness, a desperate American attack on the city of Quebec that left one American general dead and another wounded, and a British counterattack that culminated in a brutal naval battle off Valcour Island on Lake Champlain.

In this book Brendan Morrissey details the events of this ferocious struggle whose results would have such momentous consequences at Saratoga in 1777.

Brendan Morrissey trained as a lawyer before working as a PR consultant and writer in the defence industry, principally with British Aerospace. He has a long-standing interest in military affairs and Anglo–American relations. Brendan has written several titles on this subject for Osprey, including Campaign 67: ‘Saratoga 1777’, Campaign 37: ‘Boston 1775’, and Campaign 47: ‘Yorktown 1781’. He is married and lives in Surrey, UK.

Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specialises in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on the Aztecs, the Greeks, the American Civil War and the American Revolution. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world.

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