The indispensables : the diverse soldier-mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rowed Washington across the Delaware / Patrick K. O'Donnell.
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
xiii, 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary
Relates the crucial role of the Marblehead Regiment, led by John Glover, in the Revolutionary War, describing how they ferried the Continental Army across the East River after the Battle of Brooklyn and transported Washington and his men across the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-402) and index.