About the Book:

In the year 1775, a conflagration erupted in Massachusetts. The 13 American colonies, at that time, embarked upon an eight year odyssey that gave birth to a new nation. Until the British naval and land forces confronted their colonial subjects on the Charlestown hills, there was one empire. After it, there was the birthing of a United States of America. Discover what really happened on that eventful day in June: the mistakes, friendly fire, ineffective artillery, and pusillanimity.

Until the British land and naval forces assaulted patriot militias on the Charlestown Peninsula of Massachusetts, the quarrel between the British Parliament and American colonies over political representation remained within reach of a settlement. Following it, there was no turning back. George the Third slammed the door shut on any hopes of reconciliation.

Here is the Battle of Bunker Hill as never before recounted. There are bizarre occurrences and information a reader might not otherwise encounter without the study of military engineering. Learn why the British Navy did not obliterate the colonial positions on the Charlestown Peninsula. Discover that there was an incident of friendly fire by the colonial forces and that the colonial artillery train abandoned its equipment in fear of the British onslaught. Learn why the patriots, so called, were compelled to evacuate the field. Were the British truly evil and the colonists innocent?

About the Author:

Donald F. Kaminski is a retired municipal collector, treasurer, and finance director, and a lifelong resident of Massachusetts. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Army during the period of the Vietnam War, and was also an analyst for Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., for over a decade. He is graduated from Southern Illinois University where he developed his long term interest in history. Mr. Kaminski graduated from Clark University, Worcester, MA (where Robert Hutchings Goddard developed the field of modern rocketry) and Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA.