Completion of The Guide to the American Revolutionary War collection

Busca, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of The Guide to the American Revolutionary War collection. The six-volume set intends to provide comprehensive coverage of the confrontations of the American War of Independence and to serve as a guide to the sites. The most extensive list of engagements previously totalled 1,330. Norman Desmarais, professor emeritus and former acquisitions librarian at Providence College, has compiled more than 4,000, most of which do not get covered, even in the most detailed history books. The text identifies the location of the sites as best as can be determined, provides the historical background to understand what happened there, indicates what the visitor can expect to see and identifies any interpretive aids. It includes URLs for websites of various parks and tourist organizations. These URLs are correlated with various battle sites and events. The many photographs have descriptive captions to identify details of historic buildings, monuments, battlefields, and equipment. The glossary provides definitions of 18th-century military and historical terms. The books also contain a bibliography and an index.

The appendices (alphabetical and chronological lists of engagements) as well as a complete bibliography and color photos are available at the publisher’s website within each title's page at:
http://www.buscainc.com/publishing/

A set of interactive Google Earth maps for all volumes can be accessed at:
http://gaz.jrshelby.com/desmarais/.

Maps can be viewed as a Google or Yahoo cartographic or topographical map with cartographic, aerial, or hybrid views. Google Earth maps can be zoomed to a variety of detail levels. There is a composite map for all volumes, a composite map for each volume, and quadrant maps corresponding to those in the volumes. These quadrant maps show the corresponding page numbers in the books.

Moving the cursor over each marker on the map displays the abbreviation for the state and the location name. Clicking on the marker reveals the dates of the action(s) there in mmddyy format along with an abbreviation for the volume which covers them and the page numbers. There’s also an option to enter your address or zip code to get driving directions.

The collection includes:

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2009. $21.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2010. $22.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2011. $22.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2012. $29.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2012. $37.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the Frontier: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2013. $29.95

The books are available individually or as a set.
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Norm 

Norman Desmarais
Professor Emeritus
Providence College

Revised: Titles in the Battlegrounds of Freedom series

Titles in the Battlegrounds of Freedom series

by Norman Desmarais

Battlegrounds of Freedom: A Historical Guide to the Battlefields of the War of American Independence. 2005. This fascinating travelogue invites readers to re-enact each battle with maps and photos, well-written text, abundant notation of websites, and many other useful references. This work covers Maine to Georgia as well as western territories, listing all the major battles and many minor ones. 262 pages, 19 maps, 109 photos. Paperback. 0-9666196-7-6. $26.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2009. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in Canada and New England along geographical lines. 262 pages, 8 maps, 49 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-01-2. $21.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2010. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in New York along geographical lines. 284 pages, 4 maps, 37 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-02-9. $22.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2011. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey along geographical lines. 286 pages, 3 maps, 44 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-04-3. $22.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2011. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania and several South Atlantic states along geographical lines. 356 pages, 7 maps, 62 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-05-0. $29.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2013. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina along geographical lines. 404 pages, 4 maps, 48 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-06-7. $37.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the Frontier: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2013. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the frontier along geographical lines. 342 pages, 9 maps, 45 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-07-4. 29.95.

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Review of The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, Battles, Raids, Skirmishes is a VERY good book. South Carolina was the ground of more battles and skirmishes of the American War for Independence than any other colony/state with the possible exception of New Jersey. There were literally hundreds of incidents of note. The author makes no attempt to categorize any particular incident as a “battle” or “skirmish” and definitions may vary, but that is not the purpose of this book.The purpose is to be a travel guide, with good commentary of the relevance and context of the incident being described whether it’s an attack on a remote farm/plantation by the Cherokee or the Battle of Camden and other skirmishes like Fishing Creek that was in its immediate aftermath.

It’s a very user-friendly travel guide with descriptions of the area as it appears today and directions on how to find the site along with landmarks and other helpful aids to finding it. The accompanying text tells about the soldiers and, in many cases, civilians involved in each action, often in their own words, and how it was a part of the big picture of the southern campaigns. It is well illustrated with photos and maps, though I must say that many people will need a magnifying glass to read the maps, and the table of contents is a bit tedious. The index is quite thorough and is probably a better resource for finding a specific action. Footnotes are extensive, as is the bibliography. This isn’t the kind of book that one sits down to read cover-to-cover like a novel or conventional history, but is the kind that you want on your shelf to pull down for a good overview of specific actions. The book is divided into regions, making it easy to plan a route within a certain area of the state. Various fights within that region are listed chronologically, with some concentrations around major centers of activity, like Charleston.

While it does not read like a novel, the volume of quotes from great men and small makes it interesting and does whet the appetite for more information on even obscure events. I was particularly pleased to see his treatment of the various Cherokee expeditions and actions—a very little-known aspect of the brutal fighting in upcountry South Carolina (in which some of my collateral ancestors suffered greatly). It was fascinating to simply browse through—stop at a page and just see what was on it! This is one that I’ll use frequently when I’m driving through South Carolina and I’m sure that every trip will be more meaningful just because the American War for Independence will come more alive as a result of the knowledge that the author has collected and provided in such an easily accessible form. I enjoyed the book. I’ll continue to enjoy it. You will as well.

Jay Callaham

4th Company, Brigade of Guards


Desmarais, Norman. The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, Battles, Raids,
Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: Busca Inc. ISBN: 978-1-934934-06-7 © 2012. $38.

ACRL, Indianapolis Conference 2013

ACRL, Indianapolis Conference 2013-started off wet and warm then ended cold and damp. There were 239 exhibitors in 398 booths, which made this the largest exhibition in ACRL Conference history. ACRL 2013 offered over 300 thought-provoking sessions. Official Attendance unknown. The higher education librarians came to ACRL for promoting, advancing, supporting, and the values of their libraries being represented. The new and improved ACRL conference brought forth an array of webcasts, panel/roundtable discussions, papers presented poster sessions, keynote speakers, and innovative technology. Not to mention, meeting up with old colleagues and making new acquaintances. ACRL, continues to bring together librarians from all professional levels, all sizes and types of libraries that represent various institutions, from across the US and world. I personally met a librarian from Trinidad.

- Loren, Busca, Inc.

Busca, Inc. at ACRL 2013 in Indianapolis

Please stop by and visit us at Booth #241 where we will be sharing space with Basch Subscriptions. Our Multi-talented magniloquent Midwestern Rep, Loren Hirsch. will be glad to answer any questions about our specialties, including e-book replacement projects for your missing hard copies.