『Forgotten Patriots』のカバーアート

Forgotten Patriots

The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War

プレビューの再生

Audible会員プラン 無料体験

30日間の無料体験を試す
会員は、20万以上の対象作品が聴き放題
アプリならオフライン再生可能
プロの声優や俳優の朗読も楽しめる
Audibleでしか聴けない本やポッドキャストも多数
無料体験終了後は月会費1,500円。いつでも退会できます

Forgotten Patriots

著者: Edwin G. Burrows
ナレーター: Norman Dietz
30日間の無料体験を試す

無料体験終了後は月額¥1,500。いつでも退会できます。

¥3,100 で購入

¥3,100 で購入

注文を確定する
下4桁がのクレジットカードで支払う
ボタンを押すと、Audibleの利用規約およびAmazonのプライバシー規約同意したものとみなされます。支払方法および返品等についてはこちら
キャンセル

このコンテンツについて

Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons---more than twice the number to die on the battlefield. It was in New York, not Boston or Philadelphia, where most Americans gave their lives for the cause of independence.

New York City became the jailhouse of the American Revolution because it was the principal base of the Crown's military operations. Beginning with the bumper crop of American captives taken during the 1776 invasion of New York, captured Americans were stuffed into a hastily assembled collection of public buildings, sugar houses, and prison ships. The prisoners were shockingly overcrowded and chronically underfed---those who escaped alive told of comrades so hungry they ate their own clothes and shoes.

Despite the extraordinary number of lives lost, Forgotten Patriots is the first-ever account of what took place in these hellholes. The result is a unique perspective on the Revolutionary War as well as a sobering commentary on how Americans have remembered our struggle for independence---and how much we have forgotten.

©2008 Edwin G. Burrows (P)2008 Tantor
革命・建国

批評家のレビュー

"[A] very interesting and well-written book. Highly recommended." ( Library Journal Starred Review)

Forgotten Patriotsに寄せられたリスナーの声

カスタマーレビュー:以下のタブを選択することで、他のサイトのレビューをご覧になれます。