Post by dustdevil28 on Oct 6, 2006 13:00:07 GMT -8
I've heard a lot of good things about this book and I was not disappointed.
This book gives a very vivid account of the year 1776 and how it effected George Washington and the continental army. How close they came to defeat, the many mistakes and the happy acts of circumstance to the army escaping the grasp of the Brittish.
Of particular note for me was the humbleness which Washington accepted his appointment to Commander and Chief. On June 16, 1775 in his address accepting the command Washinton told congress...
"But less some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentlemen in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I (am) honored with."
Although his mistakes in New York would cause many to question him and question whether he should lead the Army, the book ends with his victories at Trenton and Princeton which cemented his status as the leader of the American cause.
This book gives a very vivid account of the year 1776 and how it effected George Washington and the continental army. How close they came to defeat, the many mistakes and the happy acts of circumstance to the army escaping the grasp of the Brittish.
Of particular note for me was the humbleness which Washington accepted his appointment to Commander and Chief. On June 16, 1775 in his address accepting the command Washinton told congress...
"But less some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentlemen in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I (am) honored with."
Although his mistakes in New York would cause many to question him and question whether he should lead the Army, the book ends with his victories at Trenton and Princeton which cemented his status as the leader of the American cause.
