Remember Valley Forge: Patriots, Tories, and Spies Tell Their Stories draws on eyewitness accounts and other primary sources to take a fresh look at a key historical event from multiple perspectives. This newest edition includes common core-aligned activities for further learning in and out of the classroom.
Remember Valley Forge tells the ultimate survival story. Travel the trail of defeat that leads Washington's ragtag army to seek winter refuge at Valley Forge. Read from a teenage soldier's diary and a doctor's gruesome accounts of disease, hunger, and cold. Learn of plots against Washington and spies who aid the enemy. Discover why farmers sell the British food as the Continental Army starves and a powerless Congress looks on. Learn the true story behind the amazing achievements of the "winter soldiers." A time line, archival images, maps, Web sites, source list, and index make this an excellent research tool for students.
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