num_pages: 256
description: No one has written more passionately or vividly about the American Revolution than Howard Fast. The legendary author of Freedom Road &amp; Citizen Tom Paine, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Spartacus &amp; the triumphant survivor of Hollywood's notorious blacklist of the '50s, he's part of American history. This definitive new edition of Fast's novel, with photographs from the A&amp;E film, reverberates with the dramatic events of Washington's re-crossing of the Delaware--a pivotal moment in the American Revolution. It's a testament to Washington's leadership of the young volunteer army fighting in summer clothes against the bitter cold, snow &amp; almost impassable Delaware River. Crisscrossing thru Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut &amp; New York, this is also the tale of Colonel John Glover, the leader of a band of New England fishermen, of Tom Paine, the first American war correspondent; &amp; the dreaded German Hessians. Dispelling myths, Fast has written an unforgettably true account of a key event in America's struggle for independence all Americans should know &amp; understand.
language: English
title: The Crossing
titlecomplete: The Crossing
characters: Tom Paine, Thomas Gage, John Glover
genres: American Revolution, Historical, American Revolutionary War, American History, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 266
series: The Crossing
publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE