Stop the Revolution: America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace

by Thomas J. McGuire

Overview

The fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811745086
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/20/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Thomas McGuire teaches American history at Malvern Preparatory School near Paoli, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Battle of Paoli and Stop The Revolution.

Table of Contents

List of Maps viii

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: "Come! Open the Window and come to bed." 1

Chapter 1 The Stranded Englishman 5

Chapter 2 The Patriarch 17

Chapter 3 The Peace Commissioner 26

Chapter 4 "George Washington Esqr., &c., &c., &c." 36

Chapter 5 "Auf Christen-Mensch, auf, auf, zum Streit." 49

Chapter 6 The Flying Camp 55

Chapter 7 The Lord and the Sage 70

Chapter 8 The Girl, the Generals, and the Toasts 79

Chapter 9 All the King's Horses and All the King's Men 89

Chapter 10 The Debacle 96

Chapter 11 "Sgnik Sdneirf" 112

Chapter 12 The Decoy Duck 123

Chapter 13 To Go or Not to Go 133

Chapter 14 "Between hawk and buzzard." 143

Chapter 15 September 11, 1776 157

Chapter 16 "They met, they talked, they parted." 168

Epilogue: 225 Years Later 177

Notes 181

Index 203