"Every American believes he knows the facts of Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware and the Battle of Trenton that followed. There are the textbooks and there is the famous painting--and neither of them has much to do with the truth. The truth was a moment of raw courage and spiritual splendor perhaps not equaled again in our history. The truth--the full truth of what happened then on the Delaware River--is a memory to be treasured by Americans...

Life story of the financier who helped the American cause during the Revolution.