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In-depth analysis of developing American military capability, battlefield strategy, and soldiers' narratives richly illustrate the uncertainty of the American cause and champion the perseverance and valor of the fighting men on both sides of the English defeat at Monmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory T. 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Built around excerpts from surviving accounts written by Americans, Germans, and British, it documents the struggle for control of the vital south-north waterway running from New York to Quebec, from the Hudson River through Lakes George and Champlain to the Canadian rivers Richelieu and St. Lawrence. The product of fourteen years of research, these carefully selected first-hand accounts from diaries, letters, and memoirs provide the reader with the \"real story\" from the participants themselves. The book concludes with a chapter on prisoners of war and the treatment of defeated armies. Locations highlighted included Ticonderoga, Bennington, and Saratoga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory T. 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The year's events are tracked in this narrative, which is interspersed with eyewitness descriptions and journal accounts that bring the action into focus. After the Continental Army forced the British out of Boston in March, everything seemed to go downhill. A series of morale-draining defeats threatened the very existence of George Washington's army. With the end of the year approaching and enlistments about to expire, and perhaps with them the Revolution itself, Washington concluded, \"desperate times require desperate solutions.\" He led his remnant of an army across the Delaware on Christmas night, and marched through a blizzard to surprise the enemy at Trenton, New Jersey. A lengthy bibliography and a full name index make this a helpful resource for students of the Revolutionary War. Several maps illustrate the battles of Charleston, Long Island, Fort Washington, Trenton and Princeton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory T. 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As in his other books, he seamlessly weaves into his narrative many poignant and exciting personal accounts of the participants, both American and British, so that the readers looking for an alternative to dense, scholarly histories can here enjoy learning about the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the causes of the Revolution, and the patriots' desire to remain within the British Empire. Misconceptions on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are seen as keys to understanding why repeated attempts at compromise failed to prevent the war. Mr. Edgar presents a balanced view of the motives and reasoning behind each new Parliamentary measure affecting the colonies, then the Americans' opposition to it, and the subsequent response in Britain. Readers can relive Boston's riotous \"Tea Part,\" and read the personal accounts on both sides to determine who fired with first \"shot heard round the world\" on Lexington Common which started the war. 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