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War at Saber Point : Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion /

Banastre Tarleton and the Americans he led have always been characterized as brutal, immoral villains, most recently in the movie, The Patriot. But this study subverts our preconceived notions of patriotism. The men who filled the Legions ranks were not weak-willed collaborators or treacherous reneg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing LLC, [2020]
Subjects:
Tarleton, > Lieutenant-General > (Banastre), > 1754-1833.
Great Britain. > Army. > British Legion (1778-1783)
American loyalists.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
Table of Contents:
  • Coffee
  • "I will cut off the head of General Lee"
  • The drunken horse
  • A knight of the burning mountain
  • Natives of North Britain
  • "I am old, and I can die here!"
  • Rum
  • "Surrender you damned rebel"
  • Horses
  • The vindictive leopard
  • "The daughter of a vendor of cabbages"
  • A people apart
  • The simian dandy
  • Bottling moonbeams
  • Yellow Jack
  • "Where is now the boasting Tarleton?"
  • "I am a handsome fellow yet"
  • "There the nail was clinched"
  • Starting over
  • Lemonade.