{"product_id":"book-hnow","title":"History of the United States of America, Volume V","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dusty Tomes Audio Book\u003cbr\u003eIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 5 of\u003cem\u003e History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent \u003c\/em\u003eby George Bancroft. A major US History Series in six volumes. \"The Author's Last Revision\" 1891 by D. Appleton and Company. Volume 5 comprises the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBancroft as US Secretary of the Navy established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. His comprehensive study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the \"Father of American history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN FIVE EPOCHS\u003cbr\u003eIV. AMERICA IN ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. CAN THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE? July-August, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. THE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND. August, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. THE PROGRESS OF THE HOWES. August 30-September, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. OPINION IN ENGLAND. BORDER WAR IN AMERICA. July-November, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. WHITE PLAINS. FORT WASHINGTON. October 1-November 16, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. WASHINGTON'S RETREAT THROUGH THE JERSEYS. November 17-December 13,  1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. TRENTON. December 11-26, 1776\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. ASSANPINK AND PRINCETON. December 26, 1776-January, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF AMERICA. 1776-1783\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. FRANCE, HOLLAND, SPAIN,\u003cbr\u003eAND ENGLAND. December, 1776-May, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. March-July, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII. THE ADVANCE OF BUKGOYNE FROM CANADA. May-August, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII. PROGRESS OF SIR WILLIAM HOWE AND BURGOYNE. July-October 20, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV. THE CONTEST FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER. THE CONFEDEEATION. September-November, 1777\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. BRITAIN IN WANT OF TROOPS. November, 1777  to April, 1778\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI. THE ASPECT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. 1775-1781\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII. FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. December, 1777 to April, 1778.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII. THE BRITISH ABANDON PENNSYLVANIA. May-June, 1778\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX. AFTER THE FRENCH ALLIANCE. June-December, 1778\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX. THE KING OF SPAIN BAFFLED BY THE BACKWOODSMEN OF VIRGINIA. 1778-1779\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI. THE TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. REFORMS IN VIRGINIA. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. 1779\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII. AMERICA IN EUROPE.  THE ARMED NEUTRALITY. 1778-1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII. GREAT BRITAIN MAKES WAR ON THE NETHERLANDS. 1780-1781\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CLINTON AND LINCOLN. 1778-1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND GATES. 1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWEST. 1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVII. THE RISE OF FREE COMMONWEALTHS. 1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVIII. THE COMPLOT OF SIR HENRY CLINTON AND ARNOLD. 1780\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  XXIX. STRIVING FOR UNION. 1779-1781\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TAKE THEIR EQUAL STATION AMONG THE POWERS OF THE EARTH.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I. FRANCE HAS URGENT NEED OF PEACE. 1780-1781\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN. THE SEPARATE COMMAND OF MORGAN. 1780-1781\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF GREENE. February-September, 1781\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN WAR. 1781.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. BRITAIN IS WEARY OF WAR WITH AMERICA. January-June, 1782\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. SHELBURNE STRIVES SINCERELY FOR PEACE. July-August, 1782\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. 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