
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol I & II
By Benson John LossingLength133h 56m
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Excerpt: "As my journey was among scenes and things hallowed to the feelings of every American, I felt a hope that a record of the pilgrimage, interwoven with that of the facts of past history, would attract the attention, and win to the perusal of the chronicles of our Revolution many who could not be otherwise decoyed into the apparently arid and flowerless domains of mere history. I accordingly determined to make the record of the tour to the important localities of the Revolution a leading feature in the work. Here another difficulty was encountered. So widely scattered are those localities, and so simultaneous were many of the events, that a connected narrative of the journey must necessarily break up the chronological unity of the history, and, at times, produce some confusion. To give incidents of the journey, and sketches and descriptions of the scenery and relics as they appear at present, in fragmentary notes, would deny to the work the charm of a book of travel, and thus almost wholly remove the prime object in view in giving such narrative. The apparently less objectionable course was chosen, and the history was broken into fragments, arranged, in the exhibition, in accordance with the order in which each locality was visited, the fragments individualized as much as possible, yet always maintaining a tie of visible relationship with the whole. The apparent difficulties in the way of the student which this plan suggests, are removed by the aid of a complete Analytical Index at the close of the work, while the narrative of the tour remains unbroken, except by the continually recurring appendices of history. How far this arrangement shall accomplish the desired result the candid judgment of the reader must determine."
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GenreHistory
Length133 hrs 56 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
41CHAPTER III
2PREFACE
42CHAPTER IV.
3CHAPTER I.
43CHAPTER V. (pt. 1)
4CHAPTER II.
44CHAPTER V. (pt. 2)
5CHAPTER III.
45CHAPTER VI.
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6CHAPTER IV.
46CHAPTER VII.
7CHAPTER V.
47CHAPTER VIII. (pt. 1)
8CHAPTER VI.
48CHAPTER VIII. (pt. 2)
9CHAPTER. VII.
49CHAPTER IX.
10CHAPTER VIII.
50CHAPTER X.
11CHAPTER IX.
51CHAPTER XI.
12CHAPTER X.
52CHAPTER XII. (pt. 1)
13CHAPTER XI.
53CHAPTER XII. (pt. 2)
14CHAPTER XII.
54CHAPTER XIII. (pt. 1)
15CHAPTER XIII.
55CHAPTER XIII. (pt. 2)
16CHAPTER XIV. (pt. 1)
56CHAPTER XIV.
17CHAPTER XIV. (pt. 2)
57CHAPTER XV.
18CHAPTER XV.
58CHAPTER XVI.
19CHAPTER XVI.
59CHAPTER XVII. (pt. 1)
20CHAPTER XVII.
60CHAPTER XVII. (pt. 2)
21CHAPTER XVIII.
61CHAPTER XVIII.
22CHAPTER XIX
62CHAPTER XIX.
23CHAPTER XX.
63CHAPTER XX. (pt. 1)
24CHAPTER XXI.
64CHAPTER XX. (pt. 2)
25CHAPTER XXII.
65CHAPTER XXI.
26CHAPTER XXIII.
66CHAPTER XXII. (pt. 1)
27CHAPTER XXIV.
67CHAPTER XXII. (pt. 2)
28CHAPTER XXV.
68CHAPTER XXIII. (pt. 1)
29CHAPTER XXVI.
69CHAPTER XXIII. (pt. 2)
30CHAPTER XXVII
70CHAPTER XXIV.
31CHAPTER XXVIII.
71CHAPTER XXV.
32CHAPTER XXIX. (pt. 1)
72CHAPTER XXVI.
33CHAPTER XXIX. (pt. 2)
73CHAPTER XXVII. (pt. 1)
34CHAPTER XXX.
74CHAPTER XXVII. (pt. 2)
35CHAPTER XXXI.
75CHAPTER XXVIII.
36CHAPTER XXXII. (pt. 1)
76CHAPTER XXIX.
37CHAPTER XXXII. (pt. 2)
77CHAPTER XXX.
38Volume II
78CHAPTER XXXI. (pt. 1)
39CHAPTER I.
79CHAPTER XXXI. (pt. 2)
40CHAPTER II.