George Washington and the End of the Revolution: An Interview with Author Nathaniel Philbrick
Tides of History
Audible / Patrick Wyman
4.7 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Nathaniel Philbrick - one of Patrick's favorite authors of popular history - stopped by to chat about his latest book, In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. The bestselling author filled us in on the dramatic final days of the Revolutionary War and the strategic vision of George Washington.
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| 0:05.2 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:14.8 | From Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm your host, Patrick Weiman. |
| 0:19.3 | Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:20.9 | We've got a great guest for you here today. |
| 0:22.8 | He's the author of numerous award-winning and best-selling books including In the Heart |
| 0:26.5 | of the Sea, Mayflower, The Last Stand, and most recently in The Hurricanes Eye, the genius |
| 0:32.3 | of George Washington and the victory of Yorktown, which I highly recommend you all. |
| 0:36.2 | Nathaniel Philbrick, thank you so much for joining me here today. |
| 0:38.6 | It's great to be here. |
| 0:40.1 | So in The Hurricanes Eye is about the last year of the Revolutionary War and the steps |
| 0:44.1 | leading up to the decisive victory at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, which effectively |
| 0:48.4 | ended the war. |
| 0:49.5 | So how does this book tell that story? |
| 0:52.2 | Well, this book takes a slightly different angle on it. |
| 0:55.4 | I mean, the usual narrative of the Revolution is that it was a linear progression with each |
| 1:00.8 | battle leading to ultimate American victory. |
| 1:04.7 | But the fact of the matter, it wasn't anything like that. |
| 1:07.2 | The final year of the Revolution, which is what I deal with of leading up to Yorktown, |
| 1:13.3 | was chaotic. |
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