George Washington Greene

The German Element in the War of American Independence

New York: Hurd and Hiughton, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. first edition. Octavo hardcover in green cloth witnh spine lettered in gilt. viii+ 211 pp. Deaccessioned from a private institution library with the usual faults. Rather scarce work on aspects of German involvement in the Revolutionary War as seen through the lens of Baron Von Steuben, the Prussian whose arrived to impsoe military order on the generally un- or under-trained American forces; General John Kalb, a major-general in the Continental Army; and the German mercenaries employed by the British. Ex-Library. Item #E27329

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