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Loading... The Man Who Could Be King: A Novel (2017)by John Ripin Miller
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  JenniferRobb | Aug 6, 2023 |    ) MrsBond | Jun 27, 2023 | General Washington tried very hard to get Congress to pay attention to the needs of his troops. In my opinion, Congress did not take this very seriously. I like to think that if they had given adequate food, clothing, medicine, and shoes to their own soldiers, it would have improved morale and fewer troops would have perished from disease and harsh winter conditions. But now I guess we'll never know! (  ) caslater83 | Sep 29, 2017 | Setting is one week in March, 1783 known as the Newburgh Conspiracy. Although it is an entire week of Washington's life, Miller sheds light on other events of the Revolutionary War. While Washington wanted praise and loyalty from men, he did not want to be king. Some were chanting exchanging one George (king of England) for another George, but luckily Washington did not want that. This novel which is well documented takes the reader inside the War. It is written in the first person, Josiah, who in reality is a composite of 32 of Washington's closest aids. (  ) travelgal | Jun 10, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
When young Josiah Penn Stockbridge accepts the position as aide-de-camp to George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he thinks only of the glory and romance of battle. He is unprepared for the reality of America's bloody fight for independence. The Continental Army is starving, underpaid, and dangerously close to mutiny, and Washington fights not just to defeat the British but to maintain order and morale among his own men. As anonymous letters by officers calling for revolt circulate through camp in Newburgh, New York, Washington must make a choice: preserve the young republic by keeping civilian control of the military, or reshape the new government by standing in solidarity with his troops and assuming greater power for himself. During one fateful week in American history, Josiah will watch a conflicted general become a legend and will discover for himself that the greatest struggles of war are those within the hearts and minds of fallible men. No library descriptions found. |
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The author creates a fictional aide-de-camp for George Washington which allows the author to then voice his theories and conclusions about the Newburgh week. (