01794cam a2200277 4500 121324732 TxAuBib 20100417120000.0 090615s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009024679 9780312591069 alk. paper 0312591063 alk. paper DLC DLC BTCTA RNC JAG C#P RL9 VP@ ZPK TxAuBib Gingrich, Newt. To try men's souls [HC] : a novel of George Washington and the fight for American freedom / Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, and Albert S. Hanser, contributing editor. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. xxii, 345 p. ; 25 cm. Washington is full of doubt on the night of December 25, 1776. His army's morale is dangerously low. Each morning muster shows that hundreds have deserted during the night. The revolutionary spirit that burned so bright during the summer seems to be flickering out in the face of a harsh winter and repeated defeats. As a fierce winter storm blows down the river, the capture of General Charles Lee, the flight of the continental Congress from Philadelphia and all the events of the past five months of defeat come flooding into Washington's mind. The revolution has come down to one desperate throw of the dice as his army, freezing and hungry, slips across the Delaware to carry out what will become one of the most famous surprise attacks of all time. 20100414. Washington, George 1732-1799 Fiction. Paine, Thomas 1737-1809 Fiction. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction. Forstchen, William R. Hanser, Albert S.