True to the Old Flag (Historical Novels - American Cycle). G. A. Henty

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      G. A. Henty

      True to the Old Flag (Historical Novels - American Cycle)

      Tale of the American War of Independence, With Wolfe in Canada, Captain Bayley's Heir, With Lee in Virginia, In the Heart of the Rockies…

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      Table of Contents

       True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence

       With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent

       Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California

       With Lee in Virginia, A Story of the American Civil War

       Redskin and Cowboy: A Tale of the Western Plains

       Dorothy's Double: The Story of a Great Deception

       In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado

      True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence

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       Preface.

       Chapter I. A Frontier Farm.

       Chapter II. An Indian Raid.

       Chapter III. The Redskin Attack.

       Chapter IV. The Fight At Lexington.

       Chapter V. Bunker's Hill.

       Chapter VI. Scouting.

       Chapter VII. In The Forest.

       Chapter VIII. Quebec.

       Chapter IX. The Surprise Of Trenton.

       Chapter X. A Treacherous Planter.

       Chapter XI. The Capture Of Philadelphia.

       Chapter XII. The Settler's Hut.

       Chapter XIII. Saratoga.

       Chapter XIV. Rescued!

       Chapter XV. The Island Refuge.

       Chapter XVI. The Great Storm.

       Chapter XVII. The Scout's Story.

       Chapter XVIII. The Siege Of Savannah.

       Chapter XIX. In An American Prison.

       Chapter XX. The War In South Carolina.

       Chapter XXI. The End Of The Struggle.

      Preface.

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      MY DEAR LADS:

      You have probably been accustomed to regard the war between England and her colonies in America as one in which we were not only beaten but, to some extent, humiliated. Owing to the war having been an unsuccessful one for our arms, British writers have avoided the subject, and it has been left for American historians to describe. These, writing for their own countrymen, and drawing for their facts upon gazettes, letters, and other documents emanating from one side only, have, naturally, and no doubt insensibly, given a very strong color to their own views of the events, and English writers have been too much inclined to accept their account implicitly. There is, however, another and very different side to the story, and this I have endeavored to show you. The whole of the facts and details connected with the war can be relied upon as accurate. They are drawn from the valuable account of the struggle written by Major Steadman, who served under Howe, Clinton, and Cornwallis, and from other authentic contemporary sources. You will see that, although unsuccessful,—and success was, under the circumstances, a sheer impossibility,—the British troops fought with a bravery which was never exceeded, and that their victories in actual conflict vastly outnumbered their defeats. Indeed, it may be doubted whether in any war in which this country has been engaged have our soldiers exhibited the qualities of endurance and courage to a higher degree.

      Yours very sincerely,

       G. A. HENTY.

      Chapter I.

       A Frontier Farm.

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      "Concord, March 1, 1774.

      "MY DEAR COUSIN: I am leaving next week with my husband for England, where we intend to pass some time visiting his friends. John and I have determined to accept the invitation you gave us last summer for Harold to come and spend a few months with you. His father thinks that a great future will, ere many years, open in the West, and that it is therefore well the boy should learn something of frontier life. For myself, I would rather that he stayed quietly at home, for he is at present over-fond of adventure; but as my husband is meditating selling his estate here and moving West, it is perhaps better for him.

      "Massachusetts