AMERICAN BATTLES - War, 1754-1865 .. Art by Don Troiani

The stand of the Minutemen on Lexington Green, Molly Pitcher cooling the guns at the Battle of Monmouth, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg - these are but a few of the iconic battle scenes captured in this exiting new collection by acclaimed artist Don Troiani.

Presenting a panoramic tour of America's military past, Troiani displays his flair for painstaking detail and high drama as he recreates the soldiers and wars of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution to the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.

In addition to the paintings, the book also includes full-color photographs of period uniforms, weapons, and equipment, many of them from the artist's private collection and seen here for the first time.

Narratives by prominent military historians supplement the artwork and provide background stories that are as exiting as they are informative.

For many of the pieces, Troiani has written insightful and often humorous commentary on the joys, surprises, and challenges of the creative process, offering a rare glimpse of the artist at work.

248 pages of great reading and lots of fantastic color pictures!