The History Press, Date: 2011. Paperback. Very Good. VERY GOOD. Clean in text. Binding is tight and square. Only imperfection is small bump on a bottom corner. Appears unread. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * Introduction : Changing scenes of war -- 1.) The American Revolution and its early French connections -- 2.) Turning point on the Hudson: victory at Saratoga leads to the French alliance -- 3.) Rochambeau's arrival and Arnold's treason -- 4.) Episodes from the war in Westchester -- 5.) Now or never our deliverance must come -- 6.) To New York or to Virginia? -- 7.) The encampment by the Hudson -- 8.) George Washington's Westchester gamble -- * Epilogue. . . . . . . . FROM THE BACK COVER: During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington's great gamble that saved ...

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