A wintertime story for young patriots when washington crossed the delaware lynne cheney peter m fiore simon schuster paula wiseman books des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec 5 de reduction . But the men who started across the icy delaware loved their country and their leader under his command they would turn the tide of battle and change the course of historybest selling author lynne. When washington crossed the delaware a wintertime story for young patriots by lynne cheney and peter fiore this is the story that i tell my grandchildren at christmas i hope that this read more 5 total resources view text complexity discover like books grade 1 5 genre biography nonfiction. Christmas night 1776 was a troubled time for our young country in the six months since the declaration of independence had been signed general george washington and his troops had suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of the british it looked as though our struggle for independence might be doomed when washington made a bold decision he would lead the main body of his army across the delaware river and launch a surprise attack on enemy forceswashington and his men were going . This is the story that i tell my grandchildren at christmas i hope that this book will bring the tradition of sharing history to families all across america lynne cheney christmas night 1776 was a troubled time for our young country in the six months since the declaration of independence had been signed general george washington and his troops had suffered defeat after defeat at the