George Washington's 'Magick Money Man'

by Harlow Giles Unger

Overview

British troops had chased George Washington's Continental Army out of New York in 1776 and sent them fleeing from Philadelphia the following year. The remnants of Washington's rebel troops fled to a barren mountain top in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where the troops—out of ammunition by then--faced freezing temperatures, starvation, and certain defeat. As desertions threatened to end the American Revolution, a fat man suddenly appeared in Washington's tent and, as if by magic—or "magick," as Washington spelled it—produced the money to pay the troops and buy them enough food, clothing, and arms to defeat the British and secure United States independence His name was Robert Morris; Washington called him his "magick money man."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161043394
Publisher:	Harlow G. Unger
Publication date:	08/06/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	779 KB

About the Author

New York Times best-selling author Harlow Giles Unger is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Named one of America’s premier presidential biographers by the Washington Post, he is the author of more than 30 books, including more than a dozen biographies of America’s Founding Fathers and the history of the American War of Independence. A graduate of Yale University, he is a former newspaper correspondent and broadcaster and has appeared many times on C-SPAN’s Book TV.
Harlow Giles Unger is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. A New York Times best-selling author, he is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington’s Mount Vernon and was named one of America’s premier presidential biographers by the Washington Post. He is author of more than 30 books, including more than a dozen biographies of America’s Founding Fathers and the history of the American War of Independence. A graduate of Yale University, he is a former newspaper correspondent and broadcaster and has appeared many times on C-SPAN’s Book TV.