Lunch & Learn: Nathanael Greene

Author Salina Baker comes to the Rev War Center for a special Lunch & Learn to share her expertise on American General Nathanael Greene and promote her book, The Line of Splendor.

The Line of Splendor will be available for purchase before and after the program for $20 by either cash, check, Paypal, or Venmo.

Salina B Baker is a multiple award-winning historical fiction author, presenter, and historian of the American Revolution. She has presented at events such as History Camp Boston and Valley Forge as well as Authors of the American Revolution Congress at Washington Crossing Historic Park and SAR/DAR chapters throughout Texas. She has been interviewed on podcasts such as Revolution 250 and American Revolution Podcast. Her extensive travels and research follow the footsteps of the compelling historical people, places, and events she passionately writes about and brings to life. She has published a biographical novel about Major General Nathanael Greene titled “The Line of Splendor, A Novel of Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution”

Presentation: “General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution”

Major General Nathanael Greene was a Quaker with little education or military experience who rose to become one of George Washington’s best battlefield commanders and heir apparent if something happened to Washington during the war. Faced with the difficulties of quartermaster general that led to battles with the Continental Congress, his fortitude saved the Continental Army from starvation. Where other generals failed, he succeeded in commanding the Southern Army and with his brilliant strategy, drove the British from their outposts to their final surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. But what did it cost this general from Rhode Island?

Book Description for “The Line of Splendor: A Novel of Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution”

When the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, thirty-two-year-old Nathanael Greene, a self-educated Quaker with no military experience, dismayed his family and marched toward Boston as general of the Rhode Island provincial army. General George Washington recognized his unwavering belief in American independence and the qualities that catapulted him to a major general in the Continental Army.

From the hard lessons learned on the battlefields of New York, to his appointment as Quartermaster General during the harsh winter at Valley Forge, his role in convicting the British spy who colluded to obtain the plans to West Point, to the godsend who took command of the ragged remnants of the Southern Continental Army, Nathanael Greene’s complex perseverance and brilliant strategies broke military doctrines.

This is the story of the man who rose to become a national hero by resuscitating and then propelling the American states to victory in their war for independence and the personal cost of that war.