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Author Bell, J. L. (John Leonard), 1965- author.

Title The road to Concord : how four stolen cannon ignited the Revolutionary War / J.L. Bell
Published Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Journal of the American Revolution Books
Journal of the American Revolution Books
Summary "In the early spring of 1775, on a farm in Concord, Massachusetts, British army spies located four brass cannon belonging to Boston's colonial militia that had gone missing months before. British general Thomas Gage had been searching for them, both to stymie New England's growing rebellion and to erase the embarrassment of having let cannon disappear from armories under redcoat guard. Anxious to regain those weapons, he drew up plans for his troops to march nineteen miles into unfriendly territory. The Massachusetts Patriots, meanwhile, prepared to thwart the general's mission. There was one goal Gage and his enemies shared: for different reasons, they all wanted to keep the stolen cannon as secret as possible."--Publisher
Notes "A Journal of the American Revolution Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-222) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.
War -- Causes
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140149
Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081931
Subject Massachusetts
Massachusetts -- Concord
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781594166112
1594166110