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Works by Christian M. McBurney

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A good read on the events directly involving the capture and confinements of Charles Lee and British General Prescott. Told within these two events is the ordeal of trying to establish prisoner exchanges during the Revolutionary War. A good read.
 
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trueblueglue | Nov 23, 2023 |
Rather wider ranging than the title suggests, McBurney begins with the British occupation of Newport, Rhode Island and takes one through all events until the campaign of 1778. The meat of the story are the efforts of General John Sullivan and Admiral Comte d'Estaing to create a working joint operation to retake Newport, only to see their plans undone by bad weather and the cranky communications of the time. Apart from some weird phrases ("plumb cake"?) that I suspect are the result of too much dependence on automated proofing, I really have no complaints about this book.… (more)
 
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Shrike58 | Oct 6, 2012 |

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