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Saratoga

Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War

Saratoga( )
Author: Ketchum, Richard M.
ISBN:978-0-8050-6123-9
Publication Date:May 1999
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Imprint:Holt Paperback
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $39.99
Book Description:

Historian Richard M. Ketchum's Saratoga vividly details the turning point in America's Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1777 (twelve months after the Declaration of Independence) the British launched an invasion from Canada under General John Burgoyne. It was the campaign that was supposed to the rebellion, but it resulted in a series of battles that changed America's history and that of the world. Stirring narrative history, skillfully told through the...
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Book Details
Pages:576
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.19 x 9.39 x 1.53 Inches
Book Weight:1.408 Pounds
Author Biography
Ketchum, Richard M. (Author)
Richard M. Ketchum was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1922. He received a degree in American history from Yale University in 1943. After college, he served as commander of a Navy submarine chaser in the Atlantic. He owned an advertising agency until 1951, when he joined the United States Information Agency, eventually becoming director of overseas publications. He was hired by American Heritage in 1956 and co-founded Country Journal, where he also served as editor. He wrote several history books including Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill, Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War, and The Borrowed Years, 1938-1941. He died on January 12, 2012 at the age of 89.

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