Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution
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Henry Knox played a key role in all of George Washington's battles, saving the city at the Siege of Boston and engineering Washington's famous Christmas night passage to safety across the Delaware River. In the postwar years, as the fledgling country was in desperate need of strong leadership, Knox employed the signature organizational skills that had earned him Washington's admiration during the war. His relentless pursuit of an effective defense of America has shaped our military strategy today. With riveting battle scenes and vivid prose, Mark Puls breathes new life into the American Revolution and firmly reestablishes Knox in his deserved place in history. Publishers Weekly In this brisk, informative biography, journalist and author Puls (Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution) celebrates Gen. Henry Knox, "a remarkably ubiquitous presence during America's founding generation," who has been "curiously overlooked by historians." At age 18, Knox (1750-1806) joined the local Boston militia and became a self-taught "skilled engineer and military tactician." Once the American Revolution began, General Washington appointed Knox to build and lead the army's artillery corps. Knox remained at Washington's side and supervised the 1776 Christmas Day crossing of the Delaware. He went on to command the Yorktown artillery in 1781. The then "youngest major general in the American army" retired to become secretary at war and to lay the basis for a visionary citizen army. Knox later sanctioned the American navy and promoted the creation of a military academy at West Point. His private life was burdened by years of separation from his wife and the untimely deaths of nine of their 12 children. In 1806 Knox died unexpectedly from an infection caused by a chicken bone lodged in his throat. Puls's authoritative and absorbing account of Knox's life is a fitting tribute to General Washington's "indispensable man." (Feb.)Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information
Acknowledgments v1 Love and War 12 Ticonderoga 273 Ragamuffins 474 Delaware Crossing 715 The Battle for Philadelphia 976 Turning of the Tide 1197 Fortitude 1398 Yorktown and Surrender 1579 Confederation Secretary 18310 Illusive Bubbles 20311 Soldier's Home 22312 Atoms upon This Atom 239Epilogue Legacy 251Notes 259Bibliography 273Index 277
