9780195181593
Washington's Crossing
David Hackett Fischer
ISBN 13: 9780195181593
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Softcover
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A leading American historian provides a colorful and dramatic account of a pivotal moment in American history--the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River to mount a sneak attack on British and Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey--an event that marked a turning point in America's battle for independence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Reprint.
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'[A] highly realistic and wonderfully readable narrative....Fisher has devised a storytelling technique that combines old and new methods in a winning way. [He provides] an overarching picture of the way armies move, with a genuine sense of what it looks and feels like to face a bayonet charge or to witness the man abreast of you disemboweled by a cannonball."
Joseph J. Ellis, New York Times Book Review, 02/15/2004
Review:"[A[ thoughtful account..."
New Yorker, 03/29/2004
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Book Description: Oxford University Press OUP. Book Condition: New. pp. 576 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. George Washington lost ninety percent of his army and was driven across the Delaware River. Panic and despair spread through the states. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. Even as the British and Germans spread their troops across New Jersey, the people of the colony bega. Bookseller Inventory # 06185800 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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