A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War During the American Revolution

by Daniel Krebs

Book Overview

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered as Hessians, entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. At times, they constituted a third... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806148446
• ISBN13: 9780806148441
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"