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Book

The Battle of Long Island

Call Number

  • J 973.3 I (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Diego : Blackbirch Press, c2004.

Physical Description

32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Summary

Details the events leading up to the Battle of Long Island, fought in August 1776, in Brooklyn, New York and its aftermath.

Contents

  • "A most vigorous push"
  • Meeting at the middle colonies
  • Battle lines are drawn
  • The Battle of Long Island
  • The miraculous escape.

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