Valley Forge - Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Category: History

Narrator: Unknown

Tags: History, Military

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return with an unforgettable comeback story in American historythe inspiring, page-turning account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army base where George Washington turned the tide of the American Revolution., On December 19, 1777, twelve thousand members of the American Continental Army staggered into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a small encampment twenty miles northwest of Philadelphia. They were poorly fed, ill-equipped, coming off a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of the British, and faced a harsh winter ahead. Their general, a focused and forceful man named George Washington, was at the lowest point in his career. The Continental Congress was in exile, its treasury depleted. When the rebels arrived at Valley Forge, it looked like they would be on the losing side of history., As days passed, however, Washington realized that the British would not attack, and he embarked on a missi