The road to Concord : how four stolen cannon ignited the Revolutionary War
(Book)

"A Journal of the American Revolution Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-222) and index.

"In the early spring of 1775, on a farm in Concord, Massachusetts, British army spies located four brass cannon belonging to Bostons colonial militia that had gone missing months before. British general Thomas Gage had been searching for them, both to stymie New Englands growing rebellion and to erase the embarrassment of having let cannon disappear from armories under redcoat guard. Anxious to regain those weapons, he drew up plans for his troops to march nineteen miles into unfriendly territory. The Massachusetts Patriots, meanwhile, prepared to thwart the generals mission. There was one goal Gage and his enemies shared: for different reasons, they all wanted to keep the stolen cannon as secret as possible." --Publisher.