The Valley Forge winter : civilians and soldiers in war /
Of the Many dramatic episodes of the American Revolution, perhaps none is more steeped in legend than the Valley Forge winter. Paintings show Continentals huddled around campfires and Washington kneeling in the frozen woods, praying for his army's deliverance. To this day schoolchildren are tau...
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2002], ©2002
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the myth and the map
- Seat of war
- Campaign for Pennsylvania
- Doing what we can
- Learning to live with war
- Starve, dissolve, or disperse
- Trublesum times for us all, but wors for the solders
- Stone which the builders have rejected
- Lord's time to work
- Chapter of experiments
- As the fine season approaches
- Seated war
- Introduction : the myth and the map
- Seat of war
- Campaign for Pennsylvania
- Doing what we can
- Learning to live with war
- Starve, dissolve, or disperse
- Trublesum times for us all, but wors for the soldiers
- Stone which the builders have rejected
- Lord's time to work
- Chapter of experiments
- As the fine season approaches
- Seated war
- Introduction: The Myth and the Map 1
- 1 The Seat of War 15
- 2 The Campaign for Pennsylvania 31
- 3 Doing What We Can 55
- 4 Learning to Live With War 75
- 5 Starve, Dissolve, or Disperse 103
- 6 Trublesum Times for Us All, but Wors for the Solders 121
- 7 The Stone Which the Builders Have Rejected 143
- 8 The Lord's Time to Work 163
- 9 The Chapter of Experiments 189
- 10 As the Fine Season Approaches 221
- 11 The Seated War 245