{"product_id":"morristown-the-darkest-winter-of-the-revolutionary-war-and-the-plot-to-kidnap-george-washington-hardcover","title":"Morristown: The Darkest Winter of the Revolutionary War and the Plot to Kidnap George Washington - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hazelgrove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1779 George Washington took his 10,000 men into winter camp at Morristown, New Jersey after six long years of fighting. It would be a brutal winter of suffering, depression, starvation, betrayal, mutiny, treason and an attempt to kidnap George Washington by the British. By the spring only 8,000 men would be left in Morristown with less than two thirds fit for service. Books have cemented Valley Forge as one with Omaha Beach, the Death March of Bataan, and Washington crossing the Delaware. But the winter of Valley Forge was mild in comparison to other winters. Temperatures did not plummet to unheard levels and snowfall was normal. And the men were not starving on the scale that would later follow at Morristown. The winter of 1779 to 1780 was the worst in a century and would mark Washington's darkest hour where he contemplated the army coming apart from lack of food and, money, six years of war, desertions, mutiny, the threat of a devastating attack by the British, and incredibly, a plot to kidnap him. And yet Morristown would mark a turning point. After a long winter of suffering, he was joined by Lafayette in May who promised Washington a second fleet of French support, leading to the final defeat of the British in 1783.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Elliott Hazelgrove has a Masters in History and is the best-selling author of ten novels and five narrative nonfiction books: \u003ci\u003eMadame President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForging a President: How the West Created Teddy Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e (Regnery Publishing), \u003ci\u003e Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman and Littlefield). He lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9.05 x 6.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334339432685,"sku":"9781493056620","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/accaxFbo8t9781493056620.webp?v=1785010325","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/morristown-the-darkest-winter-of-the-revolutionary-war-and-the-plot-to-kidnap-george-washington-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}