The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton - Softcover

Ketchum, Richard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805060987 ISBN 13: 9780805060980

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

In the fall of 1776 the British delivered a crushing blow. New York fell and the anguished retreat through New Jersey followed. Winter came with a vengeance, bringing what Thomas Paine called “the times that try men’s souls.”

The Winter Soldiers is the story of a small band of men held together by George Washington in the face of disaster and hopelessness, desperately needing at least one victory to salvage both cause and country. It is a tale of unimaginable hardship and suffering that culminated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Without these triumphs, the rebellion that had begun so bravely could not have gone on.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard M. Ketchum graduated from Yale Unviersity and commanded a subchaser in the South Atlantic during World War II. As director of book publishing at American Heritage Publishing Company for twenty years, he edited many of that firm’s volumes, including The American Heritage Book of the Revolution and The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, which received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. Ketcham was the cofounder and editor of Blair & Ketcham’s Country Journal, a monthly magazine about rural life. He and his wife live on a sheep farm in Vermont. He is the author of two other Revolutionary War classics: Decisive Day and The Winter Soldiers.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard M. Ketchum graduated from Yale Unviersity and commanded a subchaser in the South Atlantic during World War II. As director of book publishing at American Heritage Publishing Company for twenty years, he edited many of that firm’s volumes, including The American Heritage Book of the Revolution and The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, which received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. Ketcham was the cofounder and editor of Blair & Ketcham’s Country Journal, a monthly magazine about rural life. He and his wife live on a sheep farm in Vermont. He is the author of two other Revolutionary War classics: Decisive Day and The Winter Soldiers.

From Publishers Weekly:

The American Revolution is chronicled in these companion volumes: the first describes the Revolution's early days, while the second profiles key political figures, the situation in England and later military campaigns. According to PW , " The Winter Soldiers is a workmanlike recreation of events but unfortunately has the pedestrian tone of a high school history text." Photos.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805060987
• ISBN 13: 9780805060980
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384