The following book reviews were written by Bobbi King:
The Story of Yorktown, Told by the Men Who Were There by Jack Darrell Crowder. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2023.) 238 pages.
Victory or Death: Military Decisions that Changed the Course of the American Revolution by Jack Darrell Crowder. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2023.) 179 pages.
So You Think You Know George Washington? by Jack Darrell Crowder. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2023.) 228 pages.
More than two centuries later, American students of history continue to carry a deep interest in the Revolutionary War, that pivotal juncture of time that, at the weary end, gave us our glorious, though sometimes conflicted, nation. But it could have all ended up quite differently, leaving us with a Boxing Day more celebrated than any Fourth of July.
Jack Darrell Crowder writes three books of research that offer his perspective on the significance and consequences of certain events of the American Revolution.
In The Story of Yorktown, the account begins on 28 September 1781, when the Yorktown Siege begins, and ends on 26 October 1781, when the siege ends. From the journals, diaries, letters, and pension files of the combatants, the author has transcribed the day-to-day accounts of the soldiers and officers, from both sides of the battle lines, that bring us into the immediacy of the fight.
In Victory or Death, military decisions that were made at what became pivotal turning points of the war are assessed from both the American view and the British view. Major episodes are: the appointment of Washington to become Commander of the Army, the assault on Bunker Hill, Howe’s hesitation of employing British troops in New York, the British loss at Saratoga, and more milestones of the war.
In George Washington, the author dispels a myriad of myths about his subject, familiar legends that we were taught to believe in school and grew up reading about in his biographical stories. The author describes his evidence that explains what really did happen, offering a more realistic and logical insight into Washington the Man, the General, and the President.
The bedraggled, rebellious, upstart colonials took on the mighty British generals, and emerged victorious. Their story of independence, solidarity, and birth-of-a-nation triumph still holds our imagination., 2023.) 228 pages.
The Crowder books are available from the publisher, Genealogical Publishing Co. at http://tinyurl.com/bdfsbnuy and from Amazon at: http://tinyurl.com/ha92hfw2.