Drawingupon new research and scholarship historian Paul Lockhart author of thecritically acclaimed Revolutionary War biography The Drillmaster of ValleyForge offers a penetrating reassessment of the first major engagement ofthe American Revolution In the tradition of David McCulloughs Lockhart illuminates the Battle of Bunker Hill as a crucial event in thecreation of an American identity dexterously interweaving the story of thispivotal pitched battle with two other momentous narratives the creation ofAmericas first army and the rise of the man who led it George Washington
