from iluvvideo

An amazing book that re-introduces us to the forgotten patriots of the American Revolution; American and American sympathetic prisoners taken during the war against Great Britain for our independence. Written by Edwin G. Burrows, this exhaustively researched and documented look at early America p...

from marshapetry

Excellent book. A few places dragged but overall this was a wonderful book, explaining the (sometimes horrific) conditions in the early jails and what life was like as a prisoner in early america. The author made a great effort to not sensationalize but, instead, tell us what the exact conditions...

from HistReader

Forgotten Patriots embarks on the dark topic of prisoners-of-war and their inevitable maltreatment. Most never think of the Revolutionary War as a civil war, but it was just that! British Loyalists living as colonists fought "rebels" with vigor of how anyone would treat a traitor. Centered around...

from iluvvideo

An amazing book that re-introduces us to the forgotten patriots of the American Revolution; American and American sympathetic prisoners taken during the war against Great Britain for our independence. Written by Edwin G. Burrows, this exhaustively researched and documented look at early America p...

from marshapetry

Excellent book. A few places dragged but overall this was a wonderful book, explaining the (sometimes horrific) conditions in the early jails and what life was like as a prisoner in early america. The author made a great effort to not sensationalize but, instead, tell us what the exact conditions...