Dangerous Guests: Enemy Captives And Revolutionary Communities During The W...

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Book Title: Dangerous Guests : Enemy Captives and Revolutionary Communities During the War for Independence

Item Length: 9.2in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 6.1in

Author: Ken Miller Jr., Ken Miller

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / General, Military / United States, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: History, Political Science

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Number of Pages: 264 Pages