By the Dawn's Early Light (Prelude to Glory Volume Nine) | 
| Author: Ron Carter
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
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Pages: 608
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.9
ISBN: 1590384385
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781590384381
ASIN: 1590384385
Publication Date: December 2005
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Condition: Brand New!; The Americans had stunned the world by winning their independence from the mightiest military power on earth and creating a startling new constitution that vested ultimate power in the common man. No one had anticipated that, by the 1790s, the giants of the world--England, France, Spain, and Russia--would again be caught up in war, with the United States trapped in the middle. British Canada to the north, hostile American Indians to the west, Spain and pirates to the south, and British ships in the Atlantic all loomed menacingly on the new country's horizon. Too soon, the Americans had to stand and fight or accept the role of a weakling in the family of nations. When President James Madison declared war against England in June 1812, the British had 600 warships and over 200,000 men in uniform, while America had 16 warships and only 12,000 men at arms. This historical novel reads like a modern David and Goliath story. ; Prelude to Glory Series; Vol. 9; 6" x 9"; 605 pages
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History In Perspective January 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you like historical novels, the Prelude To Glory series is one of the best. As with the previous eight books, By Dawn's Early Light combines factual history with the fictional Dunson family. So ends the liberties taken by poetic license, which is not to say that it isn't a good fiction story. Throughout the series, Ron Carter has moved a captivating story at the perfect pace.
For the history buffs, it's all there. The research and accuracy is astounding - as it should be. If your recollection of American history has faded, or you were never clear about event particulars, these are the books that will lay it all out, place the event, and put it in perspective. Each chapter is followed by footnotes that explain further a portion of the chapter, and offers references that allow the reader to make more in-depth discoveries about the chapter's topics.
This is the ninth in Ron Carter's series and I hope it is not his last. I have written to the author with the suggestion that he step back in time previous to the first book, Our Sacred Honor, which began the series with the first battles of the American Revolution. I have no doubt that Mr. Carter would lay a perfect foundation for what he has already written with the first nine novels. It would also relieve some of my envy of those who have not yet read this series and have it all ahead of them to enjoy.
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