Skillfully written, Siege is much more than an important narrative of the first major land campaign and naval fleet operations of the American Revolution and of their consequences in the birthing of a new nation. It is in fact a much needed and often revelatory examination of the bold but ill conceived, and today largely overlooked, military adventure to bring Canada, Great Britain’s vast, recently acquired prize of war, into the revolutionary fold during America’s monumental struggle for independence. It is a much-needed page-turning accounting of the epic 1775–1776 invasion of Canada with all of its victories and defeats, sacrifices and daring-do, heroes and cowards. It is the story of not only the campaign, but of many of its participants, great and small, and their deeds and misdeeds, oft told in their own words. All would contribute to the tapestry of events that would eventually prove a critical epilogue to the campaign, the turning point of the American Revolution in 1777, the Battle of Saratoga. Maps, illustrations, Endnotes, a Bibliography, and an index to full-names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.
Donald G. Shomette
2025, 7" x 10", paper, index, 2 vols., 738 pp.
ISBN: 9780788450785
101-S5078
