Valley Forge

Valley Forge by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. An account of the winter of 1777 and 1778 when Washington held his troops at Valley Forge in during the horrible and brutal winter. Made worse by the lack of supplies of every kind, food and clothing. Like many things I read about the american revolution, it really is amazing that we won the war with the British. Two interesting things I learned from this book, one about a brutal bayonet battle that the British waged with the Americans that must have been terrifying. The second that George the third in the Spring of 1778 made a peace offering to the contenentals, that if they ceased hostilities he would end taxing the Americans, remove British troops from the colonies, recognize congress as an official body and provide representation in Parliament to the Colonies. In hindsight not a bad offer, and can't help but wonder what would happened if it had been accepted. Would slavery have ended sooner in North America? In some places a dense read but well researched and well written.