In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (B&N Exclusive Edition)

In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (B&N Exclusive Edition)

by Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (B&N Exclusive Edition)

In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (B&N Exclusive Edition)

by Nathaniel Philbrick

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Overview

The B&N exclusive edition includes a personal essay from Nathaniel Philbrick.

The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition

In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake—fought without a single American ship—made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability.

In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, In the Hurricane's Eye reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781984877468
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/16/2018
Edition description: B&N Exclusive Edition
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 190,271
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

About The Author

Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award; Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Valiant Ambition, winner of the George Washington Prize; Bunker Hill, winner of the New England Book Award; Sea of GloryThe Last StandWhy Read Moby Dick?;  Away Off Shore; and Second Wind.

Hometown:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

June 11, 1956

Place of Birth:

Boston, Massachusetts

Education:

B.A., Brown University, 1978; M.A., Duke University
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