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Washington At Valley Forge One Hundred Years Ago: Or, The Foot-Prints Of The Revolution

Washington At Valley Forge One Hundred Years Ago: Or, The Foot-Prints Of The Revolution

W. Bean, Theo

Paperback

General United StatesGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354505775
ISBN13: 9789354505775
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Valley Forge is more than a name; it is a landscape of endurance. History leaves marks in snow. In Washington At Valley Forge One Hundred Years Ago, Theo. W. Bean returns to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a century after the 1777-1778 winter camp, to follow the foot-prints of the Revolution and restore a human scale to a pivotal moment. The focus stays on the Valley Forge winter encampment, where hunger, cold, and discipline tested ideals as much as men and revealed leadership under pressure. Part local study, part narrative synthesis, this revolutionary war history book threads together the geography of the encampment with remembered revolutionary war era accounts, illuminating George Washington leadership and the Continental Army hardships that shaped the American founding era history. Bean writes with the immediacy of someone walking the ground, offering context that serves American revolution researchers while remaining inviting for classroom American history reading and curious visitors. Presented here as a complete text edition in the spirit of a historic facsimile reprint, it stands as a window into how nineteenth-century Americans commemorated the struggle for independence, and why Valley Forge continues to matter. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual history readers, it is a vivid companion to the standard narratives; for collectors, a distinctive period voice that belongs beside the great chronicles of the Revolutionary War.

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