In this narrative history, William M. Dwyer reveals a detailed picture of the American Revolution. He lets the participants - from American, British, and Hessian soldiers to myriad fearful and ambivalent citizens - tell the story in their own words.
In this narrative history, William M. Dwyer reveals a detailed picture of the American Revolution. He lets the participants - from American, British, and Hessian soldiers to myriad fearful and ambivalent citizens - tell the story in their own words.
William M. Dwyer is an author, teacher, and veteran journalist who has written for the Trenton Times, New York Times, Commonweal, Christian Science Monitor, and New Jersey Monthly.
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Foreword PART ONE: A GAME PRETTY NEAR UP 1. Ye Should Never Fight Against Your King 3 2. All Who Are My Grenadiers, Forward! 3. A Set of Rascals Skulked Out of the Way 4. Spare the King's Subjects 5. Whether They Will Obey Orders, God Only Knows 6. Their Army Is Broken All to Pieces 7. No Lads Show Greater Activity in Retreating 8. The Rebels Fly Before Us 9. They Perpetrate the Grossest Robberies 10. A Push for Philadelphia? PART TWO: NOT ALL FIRE AND FURY 11. As the Fire Came Closer, Many Drew Away 12. The Devil of Desertion PART THREE: A HANDFUL DAILY DECREASING 13. They Don't Want to Finish the War! 14. The Enemy's Approach Alarmed Our Fears 15. The Rebels Were Always Barely Ahead of Us 16. They Pillaged Friend and Foe 17. We Sustained an Orderly Retreat 18. Neither Boats Nor a Ferry 19. A Neighborhood of Very Disaffected People 20. Sad Work This Day 21. They Called Us Damned Rebels 22. Tell Them General Lee Submitted 23. Our Army Forms a Chain 24. Are Our People Fast Asleep? 25. Some Winter Quarters Indeed! 26. The Worthy Inhabitants Were Seized Upon 27. Our Worst Fears Were Soon Fulfilled 28. Philadelphia Made a Horrid Appearance 29. A Country Filled with Tories and Informers 30. What Was There to Fear from the Rebels? PART FOUR: SOME LUCKY CHANCE MAY TURN UP 31. Boats Were in Readiness 32. Take Care Now and Fire Low 33. Der Feind! Heraus! 34. We Should Have Gone On 35. All Our Hopes Were Blasted 36. Your Country Is at Stake 37. The Women Would Have Killed Us 38. The Colonel Was Detained by Love 39. Haussegger Said It Was Mutiny 40. All Was Now Hurry, Confusion, and Noise 41. They Were to Kill All the Rebels 42. This Was the Moment 43. This May Be the Last Letter 44. A Profound Silence to Be Enjoined 45. A Great Number of Rebels Fell 46. I Never Saw Men Looked So Furious 47. We Suffered Much 48. Not a Man Among Them But Showed Joy 49. They Arrived in a Most Infernal Sweat 50. O, That We Had 500 Fresh Men Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Select Bibliography Index
Foreword PART ONE: A GAME PRETTY NEAR UP 1. Ye Should Never Fight Against Your King 3 2. All Who Are My Grenadiers, Forward! 3. A Set of Rascals Skulked Out of the Way 4. Spare the King's Subjects 5. Whether They Will Obey Orders, God Only Knows 6. Their Army Is Broken All to Pieces 7. No Lads Show Greater Activity in Retreating 8. The Rebels Fly Before Us 9. They Perpetrate the Grossest Robberies 10. A Push for Philadelphia? PART TWO: NOT ALL FIRE AND FURY 11. As the Fire Came Closer, Many Drew Away 12. The Devil of Desertion PART THREE: A HANDFUL DAILY DECREASING 13. They Don't Want to Finish the War! 14. The Enemy's Approach Alarmed Our Fears 15. The Rebels Were Always Barely Ahead of Us 16. They Pillaged Friend and Foe 17. We Sustained an Orderly Retreat 18. Neither Boats Nor a Ferry 19. A Neighborhood of Very Disaffected People 20. Sad Work This Day 21. They Called Us Damned Rebels 22. Tell Them General Lee Submitted 23. Our Army Forms a Chain 24. Are Our People Fast Asleep? 25. Some Winter Quarters Indeed! 26. The Worthy Inhabitants Were Seized Upon 27. Our Worst Fears Were Soon Fulfilled 28. Philadelphia Made a Horrid Appearance 29. A Country Filled with Tories and Informers 30. What Was There to Fear from the Rebels? PART FOUR: SOME LUCKY CHANCE MAY TURN UP 31. Boats Were in Readiness 32. Take Care Now and Fire Low 33. Der Feind! Heraus! 34. We Should Have Gone On 35. All Our Hopes Were Blasted 36. Your Country Is at Stake 37. The Women Would Have Killed Us 38. The Colonel Was Detained by Love 39. Haussegger Said It Was Mutiny 40. All Was Now Hurry, Confusion, and Noise 41. They Were to Kill All the Rebels 42. This Was the Moment 43. This May Be the Last Letter 44. A Profound Silence to Be Enjoined 45. A Great Number of Rebels Fell 46. I Never Saw Men Looked So Furious 47. We Suffered Much 48. Not a Man Among Them But Showed Joy 49. They Arrived in a Most Infernal Sweat 50. O, That We Had 500 Fresh Men Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Select Bibliography Index
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