"A terrific biography....The dramatic story of how the American army
that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this
remarkable book."
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of
Rivals
The true story of the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American
Army, The Drillmaster of Valley Forge is the first biography in half a
century of the immigrant Prussian soldier who molded George Washington's
ragged, demoralized troops into the fighting force that eventually
triumphed in America's War of Independence. Praised by renowned
historian Thomas Fleming as "an important book for anyone interested in
the American Revolution," The Drillmaster of Valley Forge rights a
historical wrong by finally giving a forgotten hero his well-deserved
due.