Honor of Command: General Burgoyne's Saratoga Campaign June-October 1777 (Images from the Past)

Honor of Command: General Burgoyne's Saratoga Campaign June-October 1777 (Images from the Past)

Stuart Murray
$14.95
Publication Date: December 1st, 1997
Publisher:
Images from the Past
ISBN:
9781884592034
Pages:
128

Description

This is the dramatic story of the Saratoga Campaign from the perspective of the northern British army's commanding officer, Major General John Burgoyne. Leaving Saint Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec in June, Burgoyne was confident in his ability to strike a decisive blow against the rebellion in the colonies. Instead, the stubborn rebels fought back, slowed his advance and inflicted irreplaceable losses, leading to his defeat and surrender at Saratoga on October 17, 1777, an important turning point in the American Revolution.

About the Author

Stuart Murray has written twelve works of fiction and ten of nonfiction. Murray's nonfiction "America's Song, the story of Yankee Doodle," was in Booklist's top ten books on music for 1999 and was awarded third place in the history category as ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year for 1999. "Rudyard Kipling in Vermont" was selected a national finalist in Independent Publisher's biography category in 1997. Having served as fiction editor for a leading book producer, Murray has worked on more than twenty historical novels, and with a number of best-selling authors. A journalist, editor, and writer for more than twenty-five years, Murray loves with his family in New York's Hudson River Valley.

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