About the Writing of This Book ix
Author's Note xi
Introduction: Had I Not Been Witness 1(10)
1 Victory or Death
11(10)
2 The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph
21(14)
3 When None Expected Much, He Did the Unexpected
35(14)
4 A Valley Forged of Despair
49(18)
5 A Good General, a Great Author
67(14)
6 Whom Can We Trust Now?
81(22)
7 A Tale of Two Founders
103(12)
8 The War Turns at Yorktown
115(16)
9 Yorktown Falls
131(12)
10 The World Turned Upside Down
143(12)
11 Gray in Your Service
155(18)
12 A Moment of Crisis, a Lifetime of Preparation
173(10)
13 To Please All Is Impossible
183(16)
14 Little Short of a Miracle
199(14)
15 A Final Farewell
213(24)
16 A Humble Agent of Heaven
237(12)
Conclusion: True Greatness Dwells in the Soul 249(4)
Glossary 253(2)
Cast of Characters 255(10)
Timeline 265(12)
George Washington, in His Own Words 277