03459cam a2200481 i 4500 434304034 TxAuBib 20200903120000.0 200218s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019054464 9781633886148 163388614X (OCoLC)1141968398 TxAuBib rda Hazelgrove, William, 1959- Henry Knox's noble train : the story of a Boston bookseller's heroic expedition that saved the American Revolution / William Hazelgrove. Story of a Boston bookseller's heroic expedition that saved the American Revolution. Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020] Distributed by National Book Network. xii, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Distributor information taken from the distributor's website. Includes bibliographical references and index. "During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundred miles south and east over frozen, often-treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops occupying Boston. The result was the British surrender of Boston and the first major victory for the Colonial Army. This is one of the great stories of the American Revolution, still little known by comparison with the more famous battles of Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill. Told with a novelist's feel for narrative, character, and vivid description, The Noble Train brings to life the events and people at a time when the ragtag American rebels were in a desperate situation. Washington's army was withering away from desertion and expiring enlistments. Typhoid fever, typhus, and dysentery were taking a terrible toll. There was little hope of dislodging British General Howe and his 20,000 British troops in Boston--until Henry Knox arrived with his supply convoy of heavy armaments. Firing down on the city from the surrounding Dorchester Heights, these weapons created a decisive turning point. An act of near desperation fueled by courage, daring, and sheer tenacity led to a tremendous victory for the cause of independence. This exciting tale of daunting odds and undaunted determination highlights a pivotal episode that changed history."-- Provided by publisher. 20200903. Knox, Henry, 1750-1806. United States Continental Army Equipment and supplies. United States Continental Army Biography. Military weapons United States History 18th century. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Artillery operations. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns. Boston (Mass) Biography. History. Creative nonfiction. National Book Network. Hazelgrove, William, 1959-, Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020]. TXJOU