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008 980116t19981998pauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 98005195
020 $a0812234308 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm38281671
035 $9ANK8928CU
035 $a2147534
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aF158.8.F67$bD67 1998
082 00 $a974.8/11$221
100 1 $aDorwart, Jeffery M.,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79108375
245 10 $aFort Mifflin of Philadelphia :$ban illustrated history /$cJeffery M. Dorwart ; illustrative material compiled by Jean K. Wolf.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axiii, 211 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"Inspired by John W. Jackson's Fort Mifflin: valiant defender of the Delaware."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tFortifying the Delaware, 1626-1774 --$g2.$tFort Island, 1775-1777 --$g3.$tDefensive War on the Delaware, 1777 --$g4.$tThe Battle of Fort Mifflin, 1777 --$g5.$tEconomic Warfare, 1778-1789 --$g6.$tGuarding the Nation's Capital, 1790-1800 --$g7.$tA Democratic Fort, 1801-1815 --$g8.$tDecay and Renovation, 1816-1853 --$g9.$tNaval Magazine and Civil War Prison, 1855-1865 --$g10.$tA Simple Barbette Fort, 1866-1945 --$g11.$tPolitics of Historic Preservation, 1946- 1997.
520 $aThe site of Fort Mifflin, the Great Mud Island along the entrance of the Delaware River, was the natural barrier to protect the city of Philadelphia from maritime attack. Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia provides an account of the crucial and heavily contested battles around the fortification during 1777, when the British and Americans realized the strategic value of the Great Mud Island as the key to control of the Delaware River, one of the busiest waterways in Colonial America.
651 0 $aFort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.)$xHistory$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xBuildings, structures, etc.
852 00 $boff,glx$hF158.8.F67$iD67 1998