Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer

Finally the road to Trenton was filled with people not involved in the upcoming skirmish, but going about their everyday lives.

Some myths that Professor Fischer debunks include the Hessians were not drunk, but bone weary from constant assault from guerillas and the weapon differential between the two forces was not even close to the legends. During much of the year, the American rag tag army developed a new form of fighting suited to the land and much more flexible than the rigidity of the British troops and their Hessian mercenaries. However, Professor Hackett points out that the overwhelming odds were in reality not quite so insurmountable. On the surface, it would have appeared lunacy to cross to the other side to face an alleged much superior force of professional enemy soldiers. Renowned historian David Hackett Fischer provides a terrific look at the famous General Washington as he led the crossing of the iced Delaware River during Christmas 1776. 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. WINNER OF THE 2005 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY A dramatic and colorful narrative of a pivotal moment in American history-George Washington crossing the Delaware. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington-and many other Americans-refused to let the Revolution die.

He was admitted as an honorary member of The Society of the Cincinnati in 2006. Oxford University Press, Feb 2004, 30.00, 384 pp. 576 pages Paperback 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches In Stock. In Washingtons Crossing, Fischer provides a narrative of George Washington s leadership of the Continental Army during the winter of 17761777 during the American Revolutionary War.

Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer