The Unvanquished Author:Howard Fast They came from all over--fishermen from Marblehead, patricians from Virginia, rabble from the streets of New York. Ther were boys with down still on their cheeks, gruff old men, cowards, drunkards, whoresons, heroes. They died by the thousands--butchered, bayoneted, blown to bits--but still they fought on in the freezing ice and snow until fina... more »llym with the ringing cry of freedom on their lips, they stormed up the ramparts of glory.« less