Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777
by Samuel Adams Drake
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2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition of one of the first studies of its kind (1889), this remains an excellent, accurate, and concise account of the early invasions of Canada and from Canada, pointing out why the Burgoyne expedition was daring and disastrous, studying Burgoyne himself as a remarkable man, and systematically tracing the events at Ticonderoga, Bennington, Bemis' Heights, Freeman's Farm, and the retreat and surrender and its consequences. Several maps. Reprint edition. 9 show more maps, 4 illustrations, Index. show lessTags
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Samuel Adams Drake was born in Boston. Massachusetts in 1833. He was educated in the Boston schools and in 1858 moved to Leavenworth. Kansas, where he was a journalist and merehant until the outbreak of the oivil war. He joined the Kansas militia as captain in 1861, and was promoted brigadier-general of militia in 1863 and colonel of the 17th show more Kansas volunteers in 1864. He returned to Boston in 1871 and devoted his time to his literary work show less
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