Description
"A terrific biography....The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkable book."
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of Rivals
The true story of the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army, The Drillmaster of Valley Forge is the first biography in half a century of the immigrant Prussian soldier who molded George Washington's ragged, demoralized troops into the fighting force that eventually triumphed in America's War of Independence. Praised by renowned historian Thomas Fleming as "an important book for anyone interested in the American Revolution," The Drillmaster of Valley Forge rights a historical wrong by finally giving a forgotten hero his well-deserved due.
Author: Paul Lockhart
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780061451645
ISBN10: 0061451649
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History | Military | United States