To supplement the information in The Brave Man we've created links to our curriculum guide and maps and stills from the film. Click on the thumbnails to expand the images.
CURRICULUM GUIDE
The curriculum guide contains maps and timelines, a biography of General Alexander, a news report detailing General Washington's retreat to Manhattan across the Hudson River, and a detailed print and web bibliography.
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LINKS
The Old Stone House of Brooklyn: www.theoldstonehouse.org
Map of the Battle of Brooklyn: www.nyfreedom.com/brooklynmap.htm
University of Chicago - American Archives: www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/AmArch/contents.html
And more specifically, among the University of Chicago Archives, an almost blog-like sequence of letters describing the battle and other military events around the same time. - American Archives, University of Chicago.
Letter from Brig. General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) to Gen. George Washington describing the battle, written from aboard the Eagle, Admiral Lord Howe's flag ship, on which he was held prisoner. - American Archives, University of Chicago.
Letter from Major General James Grant describing the battle. - Ballindalloch Press
The Battle for New York, by Barnet Schecter: www.thebattlefornewyork.com
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