Download or read book Seventeen Seventy-six written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the crucial weeks pass, defeat follows defeat, and in the long retreat across New Jersey, all hope seems gone, until Washington launches the "brilliant stroke" that will change history."--BOOK JACKET.