The British Are Coming: The War For America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777.

ATKINSON, Rick.

$250.00

Item Number: 148429

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

First edition of the first volume in the historian’s classic The Revolution Trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the second free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.

Rick Atkinson’s 'The British Are Coming' is the first volume in his Revolution Trilogy, offering a detailed and narrative-driven account of the early years of the American Revolutionary War. Known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning work on military history for The Guns at Last Light, Atkinson combines meticulous archival research with vivid storytelling to illuminate both the military strategies and personal experiences of soldiers and leaders on both sides of the conflict. The book emphasizes the uncertainty and brutality of the war’s early phase, highlighting how fragile the revolutionary cause was in its initial years.