{"title":"Thomas J. McGuire","description":"Thomas McGuire teaches American history at Malvern Preparatory School near Paoli, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Battle of Paoli and Stop The Revolution.","products":[{"product_id":"battle-of-paoli-paperback","title":"Battle of Paoli - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle recounts British general Charles Grey's brutal attack on Anthony Wayne's division of 1,500 Continentals in September 1777. The detailed account follows the action from the arrival of Wayne's division south of the Schuylkill River, near Paoli Tavern, to defend Philadelphia against Howe's encroaching troops to Grey's discovery of Wayne's position, the bloody battle that ensued, and the subsequent court-martial of Wayne, who had been accused of negligence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366213222623,"sku":"9780811733373","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JROiivMGrw9780811733373.webp?v=1789088022"},{"product_id":"the-philadelphia-campaign-hardcover","title":"The Philadelphia Campaign - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on soldiers' and civilians' vivid accounts--many uncovered for the first time from private collections--the story of the compelling fight for independence reaches its most desperate moments. This second in a two-volume set follows the saga from Cornwallis's triumphal march of his British and Hessian troops into Philadelphia in late September to Washington's movement of the weary Continental forces to camp at Valley Forge in December.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefeated at Brandywine, the Continental forces were worn out and ill equipped. Yet on October 4, Washington embarked on his first major offensive of the war--a surprise attack at dawn on Howe's main camp at Germantown. Only narrowly defeated, the Continentals gained valuable experience and new confidence in the possibility of victory. The seige of the Delaware River forts--one of the bloodiest and prolonged battles of the war--ended with British success in mid-November, but still Howe failed to end the war. He tried unsuccessfully to draw Washington from the fortified hills of Whitemarsh. As the Continental forces moved to Valley Forge for the winter, they would have to face their greatest challenge--survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368263450847,"sku":"9780811702065","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nzMhBTXlCM9780811702065.webp?v=1789125137"},{"product_id":"the-philadelphia-campaign-paperback","title":"The Philadelphia Campaign - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, this is the first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe compelling account of the fight for the Continental capital, based on surviving accounts of soldiers and civilians \u003cp\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e is first-rate, an absorbing work of tenacious research and close scholarship. Thomas J. McGuire knows the time of the American Revolution and has been over the ground in and about Philadelphia in a way few writers ever have. But it is his empathy for the human reality of war and the great variety of people caught up in it, whether in the service of the king or the Glorious Cause of America, that makes this book especially alive and memorable.\" --David McCullough, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1776\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368469102815,"sku":"9780811714433","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EowiDro9Ji9780811714433.webp?v=1789128480"},{"product_id":"stop-the-revolution-america-in-the-summer-of-independence-and-the-conference-for-peace-paperback","title":"Stop the Revolution: America in the Summer of Independence and the Conference for Peace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStop the Revolution \u003c\/i\u003eis the fascinating story surrounding the British effort to bring the American Revolution to a peaceful end. It details the fateful September 11, 1776, meeting on Staten Island between British Admiral Lord Richard Howe and Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge. \u003ci\u003eStop the Revolution \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a compelling glimpse into politics, military diplomacy, and American character at the dawn of independence. This book covers early America from the eyewitness viewpoints of a feisty English traveler, a distressed Lutheran pastor, a precocious young lady, two sympathetic British officers, and an assortment of eccentric Founding Fathers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368733376735,"sku":"9780811777902","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kmMwd0v5bn9780811777902.webp?v=1789132310"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/thomas-j-mcguire.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}