{"product_id":"vineyards-to-victory-ted-hart-9798999760753","title":"Vineyards to Victory: A French Soldier, Yorktown, and the Making of an American Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the vineyards of France to the battlefield of Yorktown, one young French artilleryman unknowingly shaped an American family for generations to come.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVineyards to Victory\u003c\/em\u003e tells the true story of Siméon Gaugien, a farmer's son from rural Haute-Saône who joined Rochambeau's expeditionary force and sailed to America in 1780 to fight for a nation not his own. Trained as a French artilleryman, he endured a seventy-day Atlantic crossing, a winter encampment in Newport, and the decisive Siege of Yorktown, where French cannon helped force Lord Cornwallis's surrender and secure American independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut victory was only the beginning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiméon returned to a France poisoned by volcanic winter, upended by revolution, and scarred by war. Through upheaval and grief, he and his family endured, measuring time not by decree but by soil and season. Generations later, his descendants crossed the Atlantic again, this time as immigrants, founding a French settlement in northern New York that carried the name of the village they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLafayette's story has been told. This is the story of the men beside him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in four years of archival research across French and American archives, this meticulously documented narrative gives voice to the 30,000 French soldiers and sailors whose sacrifice helped make American independence possible. Every soldier named in these pages is a documented historical individual. Every major event is drawn from primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of deep roots, cultivated in the vineyards of France, that weathered the storms of revolution and found new life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished in commemoration of America's 250th Anniversary of Independence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999760753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore R. Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Ted Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588527993087,"sku":"9798999760753","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vineyards-to-victory-ted-hart-9798999760753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}