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Valley Forge : George Washington and the crucible of victory
Call Number
- FICTION GING (CEN)
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
Physical Description
vvii, 438 p. ; 25 cm.
Uniform Title
Summary
In the winter of 1777, Washington and his demoralized army retreat from Philadelphia, arriving at Valley Forge where they discover that their repeated requests for a stockpile of food, winter clothing, and building tools have been ignored by Congress. In spite of the suffering and deceit, Washington endures all, joined at last by a volunteer from Germany who begins the hard task of recasting the army as a professional fighting force capable of facing the British head-on and changing the course of history.
Subjects
- Generals > United States > Fiction.
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Fiction.
- Valley Forge (Pa.) > History > 18th century > Fiction.
- United States. Continental Army > Fiction.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Fiction.
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 > Fiction.
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 > Fiction.