The Battle for Bunker Hill

On 17th June 1775 a small but sanguinary engagement was fought, not on Bunker's Hill, but on nearby Breed's Hill on Charlestown peninsula, just across the water from Boston. Scarcely a thousand men took part on either side, yet the Battle for Bunker's Hill was a turning point in history. With impeccable scholarship Richard Ketchum's book describes the historic setting and importance of the battle and analyses the character and motives, as well as the many blunders of the responsible leaders of both sides. But for the most part it is a detailed and fascinating description of the battle from the first movements on the preceding night to the final assault in the late evening of the day itself. His graphic style recaptures the scene with the immediacy of an eyewitness account....