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David Hackett Fischer

Washington's Crossing

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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 count… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-975667-4
  • EAN: 9780199756674
  • Produktnummer: 13887725
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 12'248 KB
  • Abbildungen: 114 halftones & line illus.

Über den Autor


David Hackett Fischer is University Professor at Brandeis University, and the author of such acclaimed volumes as Albion's Seed, The Great Wave, Paul Revere's Ride and Liberty and Freedom.

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