George Washington's One-Man Army: The Life, Legend, and Battles of Peter Francisco

From Valley Forge to Yorktown, follow the astonishing real-life journey of the Revolutionary War’s most mythic warrior. Contemporaries called him the Virginia Giant, the One-Man Army, the American Hercules.He fought in an honor roll of Revolutionary War battles: Brandywine, Germantown, Camden, and Guilford Courthouse.He wintered at Valley Forge and witnessed the surrender at Yorktown.He was reputed to wield a massive broadsword. Four states honored him with special days; the nation celebrated him with a postage stamp.Cloaked in myth and legend, the true story of Peter Francisco has never been told - until now. Pedro Francisco was born to a noble family in the Portuguese Azores in 1760.Five years later, he appeared on a Virginia dock, the victim of kidnapping.Adopted by a relative of Patrick Henry, Pedro became Peter, grew to a massive six-and-a-half feet, and took up blacksmithing.When the Revolution erupted, Francisco joined the Continental Army’s Virginia Line and fought near Philade