Liberty Bell

<p>Liberty Bell is an epic poem depicting the War for Independence in the founding of the United States of America.  Recounting events that transpired between April 19 1775 through the year 1783 the poem celebrates the courage and the vision of the individuals who strove to establish a Nation based upon the Rights of Man.   </p><p></p><p><u>Table of Content</u></p><p></p><p>Proem </p><p>1. Lexington</p><p>2. Concord</p><p>3. Travelling News</p><p>4. Bunker Hill: Digging In</p><p>5. Bunker Hill: The Red Waves</p><p>6. The Continental Army</p><p>7. Slow Work and Urgent Need</p><p>8. The Narrow Path of Freedom</p><p>9. Dorchester Heights</p><p>10. Changing Posts</p><p>11. To Form a New Government</p><p>12. Strategies and Contingencies</p><p>13. Declaring Independence</p><p>14. The Fire Boats</p><p>15. The Terrible Weight</p><p>16. The Battle of Long Island</p><p>17. Saving the Continental Army</p><p>18. The Keenness of the Edge</p><p>19. Kips Bay and Hell's Gate</p><p>20. A Narrow Escape</p><p>21. The Battle of Harlem Heights</p><p>22. Direction and Decision</p><p>23. The Battle of White Plains</p><p>24. The Thinning Ranks</p><p>25. The March through New Jersey</p><p>26. The Battle of Trenton</p><p>27. Staying a Step Ahead</p><p>28. The Battle of Princeton</p><p>29. Burgoyne's Plan</p><p>30. Fort Stanwix</p><p>31. Night Sortie</p><p>32. The Battle of Oriskany</p><p>33. Burgoyne's Foraging Party</p><p>34. The Battle of Bennington</p><p>35. Crossing the River           </p><p>36. The Battle of Freeman Farm</p><p>37. The Foolish Fight Within</p><p>38. The Battle of Bemis Heights</p><p> 39. Commission and Commitment</p><p>40. The Battle of Brandywine</p><p>41. Beaten yet Undefeated</p><p>42. The Battle of Germantown</p><p>43. Mud Island</p><p>44. Fort Mercer</p><p>45. Assignment and Reliance</p><p>46. The End of the Year of the Hangman</p><p>47. Valley Forge</p><p>48. The Conway Cabal</p><p>49. Feu-de-Joie</p><p>50. Balancing Judgement</p><p>51. Monmouth: Catastrophe  </p><p>52. Monmouth: Victory</p><p>53. Colonel Clark's Frontier Expedition</p><p>54. Making a Way</p><p>55. The Sugar Camp</p><p>56. A Mind-Set for Victory</p><p>57. The Battle of Vincennes</p><p>58. John Paul Jones</p><p>59. Charleston</p><p>60. Changing Command</p><p>61. The Battle of Camden</p><p>62. Benedict Arnold's Treason</p><p>63. British Advance in the Carolinas </p><p>64. The Battle of King's Mountain</p><p>65. Attack upon Virginia</p><p>66. The Weather of War</p><p>67. The Battle of Cowpens</p><p>68. Maneuvering Armies</p><p>69. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse</p><p>70. Conditions of Development</p><p>71. Management and Expedience</p><p>72. The March to Yorktown</p><p>73. Tightening the Vise</p><p>74. Removing All Doubt</p><p>75. Victory</p><p>76. Independence</p><p>Epilogue</p><p>Acknowledgement</p><p>bibliography</p><p>index</p>