The Uncertain Revolution: Washington and the Continental Army at Morristown
John Cunningham is a New Jersey living treasure. …His lively writing makes The Uncertain Revolution easy to read…. A dramatic tale that is well worth reading. --Recorder NewspapersLegendary historian John T. Cunningham explores New Jersey's pivotal role in the Revolutionary War…. Vivid and enjoyable history. --The Star-LedgerAuthor and New Jersey historian, John T. Cunningham, who grew up four miles from Morristown, tells the history of this important yet overlooked phase of the Revolutionary War. In it, he clarifies the tales surrounding the times, of militia who roamed the woods surrounding Jockey Hollow, of Tempe Wick who was said to have kept her horse inside her cottage to prevent soldiers, from both sides, stealing it. Covering the course of two centuries, the book weaves the history of the Morristown phase, from the initial skirmish, through the 1870s when real estate development threatened to destroy the site to the quiet acquisition of lands, to steps resulting in the preservation of both Jockey Hollow and Washington's headquarters at the Ford Mansion in Morristown, that would become the first historical national park. --Galveston Daily News