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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Benedict Arnold; Benedict Arnold |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Kirby Martin |
| ISBN: | 0814756468 9780814756461 |
| OCLC Number: | 48841329 |
| Description: | xvii, 535 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue : Treason! treason! treason! black as hell -- A childhood of legends -- A person to be reckoned with in New Haven -- Irrepressible acts of martial resistance -- The provincial politics of rebellion -- Into the howling Maine wilderness -- Hannibalian breakthrough to Quebec -- Liberty or death at the walls of Quebec -- A winter's worth of making brick without straw -- Reduced to a great rabble -- Malevolent spirits in the summer of 1776 -- A most tenacious naval commander -- The valiant defense of Lake Champlain -- Fundamental matters of military rank and personal honor -- The humiliating part of a faithful soldier -- An unsettled return to the northern theater -- The Battles of Saratoga -- A violated right not fully restored -- Epilogue : The current coinage of ingratitude. |
| Other Titles: | Revolutionary hero American warrior reconsidered |
| Responsibility: | James Kirby Martin. |
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"Restores Arnold to the pantheon of American war heroes." - The New England Quarterly "Often crosses paths with Kenneth Roberts's historical novels Arundel and Rabble in Arms and it makes a fine successor to those splendid books." --Allen D. Boyer New York Times Book Review "Both a biography and an extended meditation on the ironies of the Revolution, Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero is in many ways a remarkable example of the historian's craft...[an] indispensable guide." --Los Angeles Times "Restores Arnold to the pantheon of American war heroes." --New England Quarterly "Martin discloses a new and entirely credible Benedict Arnold." --The William and Mary Quarterly"Martin's thorough primary-source research--the best in any biography of Arnold to date--underpins convincing explanations for both Arnold's intense revolutionary zeal and his subsequent betrayal. The book offers essential lessons to modern military officers." --Journal of Military History Read more...
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- Arnold, Benedict, -- 1741-1801.
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- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- United States. -- Continental Army -- Biography.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
- États-Unis. -- Continental Army -- Biographies.
- Loyalistes américains -- Biographies.
- Généraux -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1775-1783 (Révolution).
