Trumpet to Arms
1944
First Published
3.50
Average Rating
366
Number of Pages
Here is a vivid and lusty story that truly evokes the spirit of '76, those glory-bound days when men and women answered the trumpet to arms, calling them to fight for their fledgling nation. And here is the heroic romance of a gallant young man and a proud young woman whose love story is caught up in the tumultuous struggle for freedom that began when the embattled farmers of Concord faced the guns of the invading Redcoats...
Avg Rating
3.50
Number of Ratings
20
5 STARS
15%
4 STARS
45%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
10%
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Author
Bruce Lancaster
Author · 6 books
Bruce Lancaster was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on August 22, 1896. He served in the U.S. Army along the Mexican border in 1916 and later in France. After the war he returned to school and received a B.A. from Harvard in 1918. He worked in administration and sales for nine years, after which he served in the U.S. Foreign Service as Vice-Consul to Kobe, Japan (1928-1932). Following his return to the United States he became assistant secretary to the board of governors of the Society of New York Hospitals, and began to write the novels which would make him famous. Most of his works are historical novels, including Guns of Burgoyne, Trumpet to Arms, and Blind Journey. He has also written historical non-fiction, such as From Lexington to Liberty (1955).
