{"product_id":"almost-a-miracle-the-american-victory-in-the-war-of-independence-9780195382921","title":"Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence","description":"In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was \"little short of a standing miracle.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlmost a Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. Some do not always measure up to their iconic reputations, including Washington himself. The book also examines the many faceless men who soldiered, often for years on end, braving untold dangers and enduring abounding miseries. The author explains why they served and sacrificed, and sees them as the forgotten heroes who won American independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ferling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.23w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195382921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Ferling\u003c\/strong\u003e brings to this book nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. He is the author of nine books and numerous articles on the American Revolution and early American wars, and has appeared in four television documentaries devoted to the Revolution and the War of Independence. His book \u003cem\u003eA Leap in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e won the Fraunces Tavern Book Award as the year's best book on the American Revolution. He and his wife live in metropolitan Atlanta.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"John Ferling \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733819998365,"sku":"9780195382921","price":41.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_96d1d7ae-1df8-4b6f-8684-abd229f62366.jpg?v=1773736420","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/almost-a-miracle-the-american-victory-in-the-war-of-independence-9780195382921","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}