Table of Contents
Preface 9
Introduction 11
1 The Hessian Image 15
The Hessian Image in Film 30
2 Paid Mercenaries? 33
3 Kings, Princes and Others 37
The Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel: Frederick II 38
The Elector of Hesse-Hanau: William I 41
The Dukes of Brunswick - Wolfenbütlel: Charles I and Karl Wilhelm 44
Prince Friedrich Karl August of Waldeck-Pyrmont 46
The Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth: Charles Alexander 46
Prince Friedrich Augustus of Anhall Zerbst 47
Signing Up the Princes 48
4 The King, the Treaties, the Parties and Parliament 55
5 German Soldiers and Their Journeys: Getting to the Colonies 59
6 The Legendary Battle of Trenton: Drunk or Not? 65
7 The "Convention Army" 77
8 'The Hessians and the Iron Masters in Northern New Jersey 101
9 Deserters, Legends and the Ramapo Mountain People 113
10 Legends and Headless Hessians 123
11 Graves 129
Epilogue 131
Appendix A Films about the American Revolution 133
Appendix B Treaty between Hanau and Great Britain 135
Appendix G Hessian Battles in New Jersey 139
Appendix D Ottendorf's American Jäger Companies 141
Notes 143
Bibliography 149
Index 155
About the Author 159
