1776 - SA by David McCullough

1776 - SA by David McCullough

Author:David McCullough [McCullough, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788496326842
Google: S7pbAwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0743226720
Publisher: Belacqva
Published: 2005-01-02T08:00:00+00:00


While the dregs of society did indeed count among the King’s troops, the great majority were young countrymen from rural England, Scotland, and Ireland. They were farmers, unskilled laborers, and tradesmen—blacksmiths, cordwainers, carpenters, bakers, hatters, locksmiths, and weavers—who had been recruited, not pressed into service, drawn by the promise of clothing, food, and steady, if meager, pay, along with a chance at adventure, perhaps even a touch of glory. In their rural or small-town origins they were not greatly different from their American counterparts.



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