The Resource Valley Forge, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Valley Forge, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
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- Summary
- "The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return with an unforgettable and perhaps the most underappreciated chapter in American history--the inspiring, page-turning account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army winter camp where George Washington turned the tide of the American Revolution. On December 19, 1777, some twelve thousand members of America's nascent Continental Army staggered into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a small encampment twenty-three miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. The starving and half-naked force was reeling from a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of the King George III's army, and barely equipped to survive the coming winter. Their commander in chief, the focused and forceful George Washington, was at the lowest ebb of his military career. With the Continental Congress in exile and its treasury depleted, the American Revolution appeared lost. As the days and weeks passed, however, Washington embarked on a mission to transform his troops from a bobtail army of citizen soldiers into a professional fighting force. Keeping a wary eye out for a British attack, he was aided by a trio of home-grown generals as well as a young coterie of American advisors and foreign volunteers led by Alexander Hamilton, John Laurens, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Within six months Washington had achieved his miracle. Valley Forge is the riveting true story of an underdog United States toppling an empire. Using new and rarely seen contemporaneous documents--and drawing on a cast of iconic characters and remarkable moments that capture the innovation and energy that led to the birth of our nation--the New York Times bestselling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin provide a breathtaking account of this seminal and previously undervalued moment in the battle for American independence"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501152726
- Label
- Valley Forge
- Title
- Valley Forge
- Statement of responsibility
- Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
- Subject
-
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / North America
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- Military campaigns
- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge
- 1775-1783
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
- Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Headquarters -- Pennsylvania | Valley Forge
- United States
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Armed Forces -- Headquarters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return with an unforgettable and perhaps the most underappreciated chapter in American history--the inspiring, page-turning account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army winter camp where George Washington turned the tide of the American Revolution. On December 19, 1777, some twelve thousand members of America's nascent Continental Army staggered into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a small encampment twenty-three miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. The starving and half-naked force was reeling from a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of the King George III's army, and barely equipped to survive the coming winter. Their commander in chief, the focused and forceful George Washington, was at the lowest ebb of his military career. With the Continental Congress in exile and its treasury depleted, the American Revolution appeared lost. As the days and weeks passed, however, Washington embarked on a mission to transform his troops from a bobtail army of citizen soldiers into a professional fighting force. Keeping a wary eye out for a British attack, he was aided by a trio of home-grown generals as well as a young coterie of American advisors and foreign volunteers led by Alexander Hamilton, John Laurens, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Within six months Washington had achieved his miracle. Valley Forge is the riveting true story of an underdog United States toppling an empire. Using new and rarely seen contemporaneous documents--and drawing on a cast of iconic characters and remarkable moments that capture the innovation and energy that led to the birth of our nation--the New York Times bestselling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin provide a breathtaking account of this seminal and previously undervalued moment in the battle for American independence"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Drury, Bob
- Dewey number
- 973.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E234
- LC item number
- .D78 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Clavin, Tom
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Washington, George
- Washington, George
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Military campaigns
- United States
- Valley Forge (Pa.)
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / North America
- Armed Forces
- Pennsylvania
- United States
- Label
- Valley Forge, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1022735351
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501152726
- Lccn
- 2018022453
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022735351
- Label
- Valley Forge, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1022735351
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501152726
- Lccn
- 2018022453
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022735351
Subject
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / North America
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- Military campaigns
- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge
- 1775-1783
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
- Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Headquarters -- Pennsylvania | Valley Forge
- United States
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Armed Forces -- Headquarters
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