Washington's Crossing

by David Hackett Fischer

2006 · Oxford University Press

Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined.

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

by David Bernard Dearinger, National Academy of Design (U.S.)

2004 · Hudson Hills

This is the first installment of a fully illustrated catalogue of the Academy's priceless collection of paintings and sculptures.