wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/David_McCullough1776_book_cover.Americans have often been politically divided, never more so than during the Civil War, in which we managed to kill more than 600,000 of each other.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/1776_illustrated.jpg.The activities of the Second Continental Congress and the signing of the Declaration of Independence are treated in less detail, as (en) Key Revolutionary War battles detailed in the book include the Battle of Dorchester Heights, the Battle of Long Island, and the Battle of Trenton.
While revolving mostly around the leadership (and often indecisiveness) of George Washington, there is also considerable attention given to King George III, William Howe, Henry Knox, and Nathanael Greene. The work is a companion to McCullough's earlier biography of John Adams, and focuses on the events surrounding the start of the American Revolutionary War. 1776 (released in the United Kingdom as 1776: America and Britain at War) is a book written by David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster on May 24, 2005.yago:WikicatHistoryBooksAboutTheAmericanRevolution.The cover's artwork is The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton by John Trumbull.dbr:The_Capture_of_the_Hessians_at_Trenton,_December_26,_1776.dbr:Fortification_of_Dorchester_Heights.dbc:History_books_about_the_American_Revolution.dbr:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/David_McCullough1776_book_cover.jpg?width=300.The book includes multiple pages of full color illustrations, including portraits and historical battlefield maps made by British engineers at the time. The activities of the Second Continental Congress and the signing of the Declaration of Independence are treated in less detail, as the focus is on military rather than political events.
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