audiobook An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown; 1781-1783 by William M. Fowler Jr. in History

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Ain't Over Until The Fat King SingsBy richard e whitelockEven with the surrender of the British forces at Yorktown; it was still a full two years before the Treaty of Ghent was signed by both parties. Charleston and Savannah were still in the hands of the British. The South was clearly Tory dominated. New York city was a British stronghold. What to do with all the British loyalist? Where do you send them and who do you keep? And then America; with its new found freedom had to assume the reins of a new democracy among thirteen states that were as diverse as the word implies. New society; new economy; new banking system; new commerce system; new military; and a congress that had to make laws that all would adhere to. The fishing rights and shipping cargoes were clearly in the hands of the British Navy. Americans were being captured at sea and forced to serve in the British navy. We won the war; but what we did initially win? As a new nation; do we select a king or elect a president? How will the legislature be formed and how will it function? We had the declaration but needed the constitution and Bill of Rights. We needed money to run the new government. We had more questions than answers. So Washington was in a bit of a dilemma. Read this book and see how many of these obstacles challenged the new nation in the first two years after Yorktown. Everything was over but the fighting.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. What you don't cover in schoolBy DickIn your school history class you learn of Washington's victory at Yorktown and then you immediate go to Washington becoming our first president. Few even get a glimpse at the struggles and uncertainties of the two years between these events. While this book is a history book Fowler's writing style makes it a little less dense than many histories. He tries to bring out personalities and feelings and not just concentrate on events. A good book to cover an unknown period of American History.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An excellent work. There is so much in a full ...By D. L. SmithAn excellent work. There is so much in a full biography of Washington that this period doesn' really get my attention. It was great to understand better what the country; the Army and the General was put through in that time period. It made me understand better why the success of the Constitutional Convention was so important and why he was willing to leave Mt Vernon for the Convention and Presidency.