{"product_id":"the-first-salute-a-view-of-the-american-revolution-9780345336675","title":"The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBarbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August, \u003c\/i\u003eturns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe First Salute, \u003c\/i\u003e one of America's consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara W. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid to the American colonies of both these nations made the triumph of independence possible. She sheds new light on the key role played by the contending navies, paints a magnificent portrait of George Washington, and recounts in riveting detail the decisive campaign of the war at Yorktown. By turns lyrical and gripping, \u003ci\u003eThe First Salute\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating account of the birth of a nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe First Salute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive  to] see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington. . . . It is only part of Tuchman's genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. . . . A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" A] tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara W. Tuchman \u003c\/b\u003e(1912-1989) achieved prominence as a historian with \u003ci\u003eThe Zimmermann Telegram \u003c\/i\u003eand international fame with \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August\u003c\/i\u003e--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include \u003ci\u003eBible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China \u003c\/i\u003e(for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eNotes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe First Salute\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652130541842,"sku":"9780345336675","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3fd8f78-8d41-47ab-bbba-259a156b04f1.jpg?v=1733318395","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-salute-a-view-of-the-american-revolution-9780345336675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}