Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life

By: Albert Louis Zambone

Narrated by: Tom Taverna

Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's Summary

On January 17, 1781, at Cowpens, South Carolina, the notorious British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton and his legion had been destroyed along with the cream of Lord Cornwallis’s troops. The man who planned and executed this stunning American victory was Daniel Morgan. Once a barely literate backcountry laborer, Morgan now stood at the pinnacle of American martial success. When George Washington called for troops to join him at the siege of Boston in 1775, Morgan organized a select group of riflemen and headed north. From that moment on, Morgan’s presence made an immediate impact on the battlefield and on his superiors. Washington soon recognized Morgan’s leadership and tactical abilities. When Morgan’s troops blocked the British retreat at Saratoga in 1777, ensuring an American victory, he received accolades from across the colonies. 

In Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life, the first biogra­phy of this iconic figure in 40 years, historian Albert Louis Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of the great battlefield commanders in American history. Using social history and other advances in the discipline that had not been available to earlier biographers, the author provides an engrossing portrait of this storied per­sonality of America’s founding era - a common man in uncommon times. 

The book is published by Westholme Publishing. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. 

“Quite an enjoyable read!” (Edward G. Lengel, author of General George Washington: A Military Life)

“A tour-de-force. A wonderful book.” (Mark Edward Lender, coauthor of Fatal Sunday)

"Evocative and engaging book...crisply written and not to be missed by readers interested in the origins of the American Republic." (Lorri Glover, Saint Louis University)

©2018 Albert Louis Zambone (P)2019 Redwood Audiobooks

Good Book

Entertaining. I looked forward to immersing myself in the pages of this book with every opportunity I got.

An American Hero Deserved to be Remembered

Albert Louis Zambone tells the amazing story of an amazing man who was so much more than the Victor at Cowpens. Zambone takes the listener into this man who by circumstance and determination became a lesser known though not lesser important figure in the birth of our country. This book is highly recommended to anyone who cares to know more about a man who didn't even know definitively where he was born or when to become the bullet of the rifle so essential to our country, as much if not more than many of the names more familiar to history. The narrator does a wonderful job telling this life story that was appealing and clear integrated nicely into the story for all but one minor flaw, a constant reference to the Marquis de Lafayette as, the Markus, though it is but a minor flaw in an otherwise flawless reading.

great book on a little known general

what a surprisingly good book on a less known but most influential general of the revolution. a true rags to Riches story