What remained of Washington’s battered and demoralized army retreated to the western shore of the Hudson River. As David Hackett Fischer’s engaging Washington’s Crossing chronicles, by December Washington realized that he needed to gain the initiative. On Christmas night, Washington and his army made a risky crossing of the frozen Delaware bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. · 15 Reviews. Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at /5(15). 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 bltadwin.ru by:
Washington's Crossing. 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. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Washington's Crossing, historian David Hackett Fischer uses Emanuel Leutze's highly romantic depiction of this famed event to reveal the gritty reality of the. Washington's Crossing. By David Hackett Fischer. 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. David Hackett Fischer is renowned as one of America's most gifted.
What remained of Washington’s battered and demoralized army retreated to the western shore of the Hudson River. As David Hackett Fischer’s engaging Washington’s Crossing chronicles, by December Washington realized that he needed to gain the initiative. On Christmas night, Washington and his army made a risky crossing of the frozen Delaware River. "Washington's Crossing" tells the celebrated Revolutionary War history of Washington crossing the Delaware River at Christmas, , to attack the Hessian and British troops in Trenton. Fischer corrects several inaccuracies in his telling, the foremost of which is that Washington's success is due to the Hessian/British soldiers sleeping soundly after drunken celebrations. In the first chapter of Washington's Crossing, Fischer establishes a context for the Delaware River battles by backing up a year, to March, , and focusing on Washington in New England and.
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