Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Contemporary source for Washington quote?

11 views
Skip to first unread message

Dennis Woos

unread,
Apr 15, 2004, 10:50:40 AM4/15/04
to
Does anyone know of a contemporary source(s) for the alleged George
Washington quote:

"Shift that fat ass, Harry. But slowly, or you'll swamp the ------ --------
boat."

A.J. Langguth and Howard Fast both cite it, but neither points to a
contemporary source. Thanks.

Dennis


Bubba Test

unread,
Jul 28, 2004, 2:07:22 PM7/28/04
to
..
"Dennis Woos" <dpw...@gmavt.net> wrote in message
news:107t86a...@corp.supernews.com...

Bubba Test

unread,
Jul 28, 2004, 2:55:09 PM7/28/04
to
..
"Dennis Woos" <dpw...@gmavt.net> wrote in message
news:107t86a...@corp.supernews.com...

craigk...@gmail.com

unread,
May 30, 2014, 3:04:19 PM5/30/14
to
Langguth cites Fast; Fast cites nothing at all beyond his hand-wavy assurance that "several" people reported it. It's in nothing else that I've ever read, including Knox's written accounts of the battle. I find Fast completely worthless as a historian. Also in Fast's "The Crossing," we get "Johnny Stark" of Vermont--who Fast says very explicitly died in his "beloved Vermont." And did you know that William Smallwood's Marylanders at Long Island were all riflemen? Or that Washington had a personal bodyguard made up of black soldiers? (A fact often "glossed over," says Fast, and I guess it's about as glossed over as anything else that is not actually true.)
0 new messages