An aperiodic look at books and wargames that go together. The wargames and books presented here are both drawn from my personal collection and do not necessarily reflect the best of either category…but if I’m showing them to you I feel they are worth your time to consider!
Washington’s Crossing
“A people unused to restraint must be led; they will not be drove” – George Washington
The cost of it to George Washington himself was greater than anyone knew except members of his family. Twenty years after the event, when Washington retired to his beloved Mount Vernon, his stepson remembered that in the night, “he would frequently, when sitting with his family, appear absent; his lips would move, his hand be raised, and he would evidently seem under the influence of thoughts which had nothing to do with the quiet scene around him.” To the end of his life, George Washington continued to relive the desperate struggle of the dark days in 1776, and the crossing of the Delaware. – David Hackett Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, p. 362.
Bibliography
Fischer, David Hackett; Washington’s Crossing, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
I’m about 20 minutes away from Washington’s crossing site. There were some consequential battles around here during the war.
That’s the great hidden part of Washington’s Crossing (the wargame). It’s actually a campaign game, not a single battle. Really helps one to understand the larger situation in Dec 1776.
I’m going to order it. Sounds like its a really good American Revolution tabletop game