Victory at Yorktown - Softcover

Gingrich, Newt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312607083 ISBN 13: 9780312607081

Publisher: Griffin, 2013

Synopsis

1781:Washington and his army have spent three years in a bitter stalemate. At last, he learns that the French have briefly committed a fleet to the American coast, and that British General Cornwallis has decided to withdraw into Yorktown. Washington decides to embark on one of the most audacious moves in American military history. He will force march nearly his entire army more than three hundred miles in complete secrecy. He must pray that the French navy is successful in blockading Chesapeake Bay, so that he can lay siege to Cornwallis and capture his entire force. The stalemate must be broken, otherwise the American spirit will crumble. American Sergeant Peter Wellsley is tasked with neutralizing any loyalists who might provide warning. On the other side, Allen Van Dorn receives bits and pieces of reports that something is afoot. When one of the former friends is captured, both must decide where their true loyalties lie during the heat of the Battle of Yorktown as Washington's professional army, once a "rabble in arms," executes the war's most decisive contest. With Victory at Yorktown, critically acclaimed authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen have reached the pinnacle of their talents in a tour de force narrative of one of America's most important heroes.

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Review

"Masterful storytelling." --William E. Butterworth IV, New York Times bestselling author of The Saboteurs, on Pearl Harbor

"Creative, clever, and fascinating." --James Carville on Gettysburg

"Compelling narrative force and meticulous detail." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution on Gettysburg

"Gingrich and Forschten write with authority and with sensitivity." --St. Louis Post Dispatch on Gettysburg

"Grim, gritty, realistic, accurate, and splendid, this is a soaring epic of triumph over almost unimaginable odds." --Library Journal on To Try Men's Souls

"With each book... Gingrich and Forstchen have gone from strength to strength as storytellers." --William Trotter, The Charlotte Observer, on Never Call Retreat

"The authors' research shines in accurate accounts of diplomatic maneuvering as well as the nuts-and-bolts of military action." --Publishers Weekly on Pearl Harbor

"The writing is vivid and clear." --Washington Times on Gettysburg

About the Author

NEWT GINGRICH, former Speaker of the House, is the bestselling author of Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor and the longest serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting Course for Major Generals at Air University, and is an honorary Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University. He resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista, with whom he hosts and produces documentaries, including A City Upon A Hill. WILLAIM R. FORSTCHEN, Ph.D. is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College in North Carolina. His graduate work at Purdue University included specializations in Military History. Author of over forty books, he is the New York Times best selling author of One Second After and the soon to be released Pillar to the Sky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0312607083
• ISBN 13: 9780312607081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368