02346cam a2200277 4500 355094733 TxAuBib 20180830120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780525641698 0525641696 3ac1f22d-6fa2-43dd-89ce-dcfe3dcac940 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3829327 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Hurricane's Eye [Libby Audiobook] : The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 39kB. HTML:<b>The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>In the Heart of the Sea</i> and <i>Valiant Ambition</i></b><br /> In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake—fought without a single American ship—made the subsequent victory of the Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability.<br /> In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, <i>In the Hurricane's Eye</i> reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2018-08-30 22:00:03. Brick, Scott.