1777: The Year of the Hangman

Being an Examination of the Philadelphia Campaign of that Year Including a Study of the Ten Crucial Days of 1776 and the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. "I left Congress on the 11th of November, 1777, that year which the Tories said, had three gallows in it, meaning the three sevens." ~John Adams 1777: The Year of the Hangman is an operational study of the campaign for Philadelphia. Between September 1st and December 19th two armies contended for the American capital, seat of the rebellion,