Washington's Crossing

Name: Washington's Crossing
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ISBN: 9780195181593

ISBN-10: 019518159X

ISBN-13: 9780195181593

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Hackett Fischer

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Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.81" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Maps


Editor's Note


Introduction


The Rebels


The Regulars


The Hessians


The Plan of the Campaign


The Fall of New York


The Retreat


The Crisis


The Occupation


The Opportunity


The River


The March


The Surprise


Hard Choices


Good Ground


The Bridge


Two Councils


The Battle at Princeton


Aftermath


Conclusion


Appendices


Historiography


Bibliography


Abbreviations


Notes


Sources for Maps


Acknowledgments


Index