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The fort [electronic resource]. Bernard Cornwell.
While the major fighting of the war moves to the south in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the desolate and fog-bound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts that would become Maine, the Scots--the only British troops between Canada and New York--harry rebel privateers and give shelter to American loyalists. In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to captivate, kill or destroy the foreign invaders. Second in command is Peleg Wadsworth, a veteran of the battles at Lexington and Long Island, once aide to General Washington, and a man who sees clearly what must be done to expel the invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat--and have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an...
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- ISBN: 9780062013842 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2010. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1193 KB). |
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