01915nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10498867 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091120s2005 nyuab sb 001 0 eng d 9781932714685 (pbk.) 186227312X 1932714057 9781611210057 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)671578903 n-us-va E241.Y6 G74 2005eb 973.3/37 22 Greene, Jerome A. The guns of independence [electronic resource] : the siege of Yorktown, 1781 / Jerome A. Greene. New York : Savas Beatie ; Staplehurst, U.K. : Spellmount, 2005. xix, 507 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. The campaign of the allies -- The lion comes to Yorktown -- The British positions -- Washington takes command -- Investment -- The noose tightens -- The lion at bay -- On the verge -- The guns of October -- The earth trembles -- Night of heroes -- Hopes bright and dim -- Britain against the sky -- Broken sword -- Endings, beginnings -- Postscript : thereafter -- Appendix 1. Modern photographic gallery -- Appendix 2. The Washington and Cornwallis correspondence -- Appendix 3. The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781 -- Appendix 4. The archaeology of the French Grand Battery complex -- Appendix 5. The artillery at Yorktown. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Yorktown (Va.) History Siege, 1781. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10498867 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 132372 132372