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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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0195382927 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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StDuBDS |
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20240430145742.0 |
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090422r20092007nyuab f b 001 0ceng|d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780195382921 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0195382927 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
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UK-RwCLS |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us--- |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
E230 |
| Item number |
.F47 2009 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
E 230 .F47 2009 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ferling, John E. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6160 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Almost a miracle : |
| Remainder of title |
the American victory in the War of Independence / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Ferling. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York ; |
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Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 679 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: 2007. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-661) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
"My country, my honor, my life" : bravery and death in war --<br/>pt. 1. Going to war, 1775-1776. "Fear is not an American art" : the coming of the war --<br/>"A loss that is greater than we can bear" : going to war --<br/>Choices, 1775 --<br/>pt. 2. The war in the North, 1776-1779. "Hastening fast to a crisis" : June 1775-June 1776 --<br/>Choices, 1776 --<br/>"Knock him up for the campaign" : the Battle for New York, 1776 --<br/>"This hour of adversity" : to the end of 1776 --<br/>Choices, 1777 --<br/>"The caprice of war" : America's pivotal victory at Saratoga --<br/>"We rallied and broke" : the Campaign for Philadelphia, September-December 1777 --<br/>Choices, 1778 --<br/>"A respectable army" : the grim year, 1778 --<br/>Choices, 1779 --<br/>"A band of brotherhood" : the soldiers, the army, and the forgotten war in 1779 --<br/>"We have occasioned a good deal of terror" : the war at sea --<br/>Choices, 1780 --<br/>pt. 3. The war in the South, 1780-1781. "A year filled with our disgraces" : defeat in the South, 1780 --<br/>"Southern means and Southern exertions" : hope and despair, June-December 1780 --<br/>Choices, 1781 --<br/>"Bloody and severe" : the pivotal Southern war, early 1781--<br/>"We are suspended in the balance" : Spring and Summer 1781--<br/>pt. 4. American victory, 1781-1783. "America is ours" : victory at Yorktown, 1781 --<br/>Choices, 1782 --<br/>"May we have peace in our time" : peace and demobilization, 1782-1783 --<br/>"Little short of a miracle" : accounting for America's victory. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, an award-winning historian transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. |
| 586 ## - AWARDS NOTE |
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| Awards note |
New York American Revolutionary Round Table Best Book of 2007 |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Continental Army. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6565 |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Continental Army |
| General subdivision |
Military life. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6566 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Generals |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6567 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Soldiers |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6568 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| General subdivision |
Campaigns. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6162 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6569 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
1775-1783. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6570 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
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42844 |