02938cam a2200337 4500 233429782 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062013842 006201384X B003V1WUR6 Amazon 4564f8c7-fd16-4a6b-9cd2-9fdccf4d715d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 348053 OverDrive (Product ID) 348053 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cornwell, Bernard. The Fort [Libby]. HarperCollins, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1194kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat--and have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an untested eighteen-year-old Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, who will begin an illustrious military career; and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice.</p>Grounded firmly in history, inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling narrative style, <i>The Fort</i> is the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between a superpower and a nation in the making. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=4564f8c7-fd16-4a6b-9cd2-9fdccf4d715d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/456/4F8/C7/Fort9780062013842.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4564F8C7-FD16-4A6B-9CD2-9FDCCF4D715D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/456/4F8/C7/Fort9780062013842.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4564F8C7-FD16-4A6B-9CD2-9FDCCF4D715D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)