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Author:

Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-

Title:

Prelude to revolution : the Salem gunpowder raid of 1775 / Peter Charles Hoffer.

Publisher:

The Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

viii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Salem (Mass.)--History, Military--18th century.
Salem (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Gunpowder--History--Salem--Salem--History--18th century.
Great Britain.--Army--History--18th century.
Raids (Military science)--History--18th century.
Civil-military relations--Salem--Salem--History--18th century.
Colonists--Salem--Salem--History--18th century.
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--Causes.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
Collective memory--United States--Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Most Loyal Town in the Province -- Spies Like Us -- Leslie's Retreat -- Intended and Unintended Consequences -- Memorial Exercises.

Series:

Witness to history

ISBN:

1421410060 (paperback : acid-free paper)
9781421410067 (paperback : acid-free paper)
1421410052 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781421410050 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828193704

LCCN:

2013004818

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)