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The Unvanquished

The Unvanquished( )
Author: Fast, Howard
Series title:American History Through Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56324-595-4
Publication Date:Sep 1997
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $57.95
Book Description:

Originally published in 1942, The Unvanquished is the story of the Continental Army and George Washington in the desperate early months when the American Revolution faced defeat and disintegration. The book begins with the retreat across Manhattan's East River that saved the Continental Army after the Battle of Long Island. It ends with Washington's recrossing of the Delaware in the daring 1776 Christmas Eve raid on the Hessian camp at Trenton.

Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Historical / Colonial America & Revolution
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.05 x 8.97 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:1.03 Pounds
Author Biography
Fast, Howard (Author)
Howard Fast was born on November 11, 1914 in Manhattan. At the age of 17, he sold his first story to Amazing Stories magazine. The next year he sold his first novel, Two Villages, to the Dial Press for a $100 advance. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books, including Conceived in Liberty, The Unvanquished, Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road, April Morning, The Immigrants, Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, and Greenwich. He won the Stalin International Peace Prize in 1953.

A member of the Communist party, he served three months in a federal prison in 1950 for refusing to testify about his political activity. Blacklisted as a result, he founded his own publishing house, Blue Heron Press, which released his novel Spartacus in 1951. In 1957, he wrote a book about his political experiences entitled The Naked God. He also wrote a series of detective stories under the name E. V. Cunningham. He died on March 12, 2003 at the age of 88.

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