An Original And Authentic Journal Of Occurrences During The Late American War: From Its Commencement To The Year 1783

by Roger Lamb

By R. Lamb, Late Sergeant In The Royal Welch Fuzileers. Eyewitness Accounts Of The American Revolution Series. For Many Years Past I Have Felt A Strong Desire To Give To The Public, A Summary And Impartial View Of That Momentous And Interesting Subject, The Rise, Progress, And Consummation Of The Late American War. From My Own Personal Knowledge Of Many Of The Events That Are Herein Related, And From A Diligent Research Into Many Respectable Authorities, I Entertain A Good Hope, That, My Journal Of Occurrences Will Not Be Unacceptable To The Judicious Reader.

472 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2010

Reviews

[William Guerrant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although Sgt. Lamb's journal is incorporated into the 400+ pages of text, the bulk of the book is a general history of the war, which will be of limited value to those who dig deep enough into history to get to this book. The journal itself, of course, is invaluable and it is when the author assumes the first person that the book becomes most interesting.

I am pleased to be living in a world where I can access and read a book as obscure as this one, which I found on Google Books' Italian site.

[Charles Frye · Rating 5 out of 5]

How does one not give five stars to a soldier-author who took the time to write their thoughts on a nearly daily basis during a war?