{"title":"Ken Burns: American Revolution Ep. 4: Reading Guide","description":"\u003ch1 data-end=\"755\" data-start=\"661\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Reading for \"Conquer by a Drawn Game\" (January 1777 - February 1778)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"755\" data-start=\"661\"\u003eStalemate, Saratoga \u0026amp; a Global War: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eExplore history from Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, Episode. 4.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEpisode 4 f\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-503\"\u003eocuses on the Saratoga campaign, the forging of the French alliance, and the grueling winter at Valley Forge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-503 citation-end-503\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"19\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"19\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"19\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"19\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"11,3\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eThis guide provides further reading on the 1777 campaigns—Brandywine and Germantown, Burgoyne’s advance and defeat at Saratoga—and the diplomatic breakthrough that brings France formally into the war covered in episode 4 of\u003cspan\u003e Ken Burns' documentary series, \u003cem\u003eThe American Revolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/the-american-revolution-episode-4-conquer-by-a-drawn-game\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch on PBS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/the-american-revolution-episode-3-the-times-that-try-mens-souls\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-1-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 1\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-2-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 2\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-3-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 3\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-4-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 4\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-5-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 5 \u003c\/a\u003e| \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/ken-burns-american-revolution-ep-6-reading-guide\"\u003eEpisode 6\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"patriot-on-the-kennebec-9781609495008","title":"Patriot on the Kennebec:","description":"In late 1775, a few months a¬fter the first shots of the Revolution were fired, Benedict Arnold led more than one thousand troops into Quebec to attack the British there. 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