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Article: 1776.(Book Review)
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- Parameters
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- December 22, 2005
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1776. By David McCullough. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.400 pages. $32.00.
Writing to General George Washington on New Year's Day, 1777, Robert Morris wrote, "The year 1776 is over. I am heartily glad of it and I hope you nor America will ever be plagued with such another." The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army most likely would have concurred. Though the year began with such promise with the British evacuation of Boston and concluded with a surprise victory against the Hessians at Trenton, Washington had endured a series of catastrophic defeats on Long Island in August and during the subsequent withdrawal from New York City and the retreat across ...