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"In the fall of 1779 George Washington took his 10,000 men into winter camp at Morristown, New Jersey after six long years of fighting. It would be a brutal winter of suffering, depression, starvation, betrayal, mutiny, treason and an attempt to kidnap George Washington by the British. By the s...
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[2021]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Morristown : |b the darkest winter of the Revolutionary War and the plot to kidnap George Washington / |c William Hazelgrove. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Guilford, Connecticut : |b Lyons Press, |c [2021] | |
| 300 | |a xv, 247 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes notes (pages 216-228), bibliographical references (pages 229-233), and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a On the frozen Hudson River -- General in winter -- General Simcoes affront -- Scott and Zelda -- Log house city -- The plot -- Sacricide -- The pent up general -- The hail Mary general -- James Benedict Bond -- The most daring exploit -- The seeds of mutiny -- The trial of Benedict Arnold -- Valley Forge -- The manic depressive -- Preparing to kidnap George Washington -- Mr. Moore's unspeakable treason -- He was but a man -- The diversion -- Desperate measures -- The coldest night -- The indespensable man -- The black hussars -- The insomniac general -- The second diversion -- Simcoe's payback -- George Washington's fate -- The circumspect general -- The stressed out family man -- Some violent convulsion -- The volcano explodes -- Bonnie and Clyde -- The darkest hour -- The French component -- American's fight like bulldogs -- The nuerotic returns -- Benedict Arnold's final play -- The kidnapping of Benedict Arnold -- Morristown. | |
| 520 | |a "In the fall of 1779 George Washington took his 10,000 men into winter camp at Morristown, New Jersey after six long years of fighting. It would be a brutal winter of suffering, depression, starvation, betrayal, mutiny, treason and an attempt to kidnap George Washington by the British. By the spring only 8,000 men would be left in Morristown with less than two thirds fit for service. Books have cemented Valley Forge as one with Omaha Beach, the Death March of Bataan, and Washington crossing the Delaware. But the winter of Valley Forge was mild in comparison to other winters. Temperatures did not plummet to unheard levels and snowfall was normal. And the men were not starving on the scale that would later follow at Morristown. The winter of 1779 to 1780 was the worst in a century and would mark Washington's darkest hour where he contemplated the army coming apart from lack of food and, money, six years of war, desertions, mutiny, the threat of a devastating attack by the British, and incredibly, a plot to kidnap him. And yet Morristown would mark a turning point. After a long winter of suffering, he was joined by Lafayette in May who promised Washington a second fleet of French support, leading to the final defeat of the British in 1783."-- |c Book Jacket | ||
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