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Author: Holly A. Mayer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Weight: 0.735kg
ISBN: 9780806168517
ISBN 10: 080616851
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 30 April 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"“By far one of the most important and original studies of the Continental Army yet published, Holly Mayer’s book is notable for how deeply and broadly it explores the Canadian borderlands context that gave birth to Congress’s Own Regiment, as well as the meanings of community, independence, and union for which Continental soldiers fought and died."" —David L. Preston, author of Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution ""Congress’s Own is a deep dive into a Continental regiment, its officers, its men and women, and their experiences and tribulations, but it is also much more. Here is the story of the war and the Revolution. Mayer shows us how the Continental government functioned through its commander-in-chief, through the Board of War, and ultimately through its army. Somehow, in all the chaos, a nation was made, carried forward on the backs of a very unlikely and diverse cast of characters."" —Wayne Lee, author of Barbarians and Brothers: Anglo-American Warfare, 1500–1865"
By far one of the most important and original studies of the Continental Army yet published, Holly Mayer's book is notable for how deeply and broadly it explores the Canadian borderlands context that gave birth to Congress's Own Regiment, as well as the meanings of community, independence, and union for which Continental soldiers fought and died. -David L. Preston, author of Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution Congress's Own is a deep dive into a Continental regiment, its officers, its men and women, and their experiences and tribulations, but it is also much more. Here is the story of the war and the Revolution. Mayer shows us how the Continental government functioned through its commander-in-chief, through the Board of War, and ultimately through its army. Somehow, in all the chaos, a nation was made, carried forward on the backs of a very unlikely and diverse cast of characters. -Wayne Lee, author of Barbarians and Brothers: Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865
Author Information
Holly A. Mayer is Professor Emerita of History at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and the author of Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution.
