Bøger af Thomas J. McGuire

This is the first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution.*; An in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. *; The compelling account of the fight for the Continental capital, based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civiliansThe Philadelphia Campaign is first-rate, an absorbing work of tenacious research and close scholarship. Thomas J. McGuire knows the time of the American Revolution and has been over the ground in and about Philadelphia in a way few writers ever have. But it is his empathy for the human reality of war and the great variety of people caught up in it, whether in the service of the king or the Glorious Cause of America, that makes this book especially alive and memorable. --David McCullough, author of John Adams and 1776

This second in a monumental two-volume set on the 1777 campaign of the American Revolution follows the saga from Cornwallis' triumphal march of his British and Hessian troops into Philadelphia in late September to Washington's movement of the weary Continental forces to camp at Valley Forge in December.

This first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle recounts British general Charles Greys brutal attack on Anthony Waynes division of 1,500 Continentals in September 1777. The detailed account follows the action from the arrival of Waynes division south of the Schuylkill River, near Paoli Tavern, to defend Philadelphia against Howes encroaching troops to Greys discovery of Waynes position, the bloody battle that ensued, and the subsequent court-martial of Wayne, who had been accused of negligence.