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The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure, heroism, & treachery

Author: Steve Sheinkin; Roaring Brook Press.; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.
Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010
Edition/Format:  Book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution.
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Genre/Form: Dust jackets (Bindings)
Juvenile literature
Biography Juvenile literature
Named Person: Benedict Arnold; Benedict Arnold
Material Type: Biography, Elementary and junior high school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Steve Sheinkin; Roaring Brook Press.; R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.
ISBN: 9781596434868 1596434864
OCLC Number: 606786088
Awards: YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, winner, 2012.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Description: 344 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: Clearing the woods: October 2, 1780 --
Benedict Arnold: January 14, 1741 --
Pranks and plays: 1751-1762 --
Making of a rebel: 1762-1775 --
Arnold's war: April 19-May 9, 1775 --
Across the lake: May 10-May 15, 1775 --
Trouble at Fort Ti: May 18-June 19, 1775 --
Enter André: June 1775 --
A risky proposition: July 1-September 18, 1775 --
To the Dead River: September 18-October 17, 1775 --
Critical and alarming: October 19-October 29, 1775 --
City on a cliff: October 29-November 8, 1775 --
Prisoner of war: September-November 1775 --
To the storming: November 8-December 30, 1775 --
Battle for Quebec: December 31, 1775 --
Blockade in the snow: January 1-February 27, 1776 --
André in Pennsylvania: January-July 1776 --
The last man out: May 6-July 28, 1776 --
Arnold's motley crew: August 1-October 11, 1776 --
Battle of Valcour Island: October 11, 1776 --
The revolution lives: October 12-November 2, 1776 --
André fights on: November 1776-April 1777 --
A question of honor: January 4-April 25, 1777 --
Exceedingly unhappy: April 25-July 11, 1777 --
Arnold rides north: July 11-August 24, 1777 --
Conquer or die: August 28-September 20, 1777 --
Bloody piece of work: September 1777 --
Beyond reconciliation: September 20-October 7, 1777 --
Fracture box: October 8, 1777-January 20, 1778 --
Peggy Shippen: November 1777-April 1778 --
Back to Philadelphia: April 1-June 19, 1778 --
Cupid's wound: June 20-September 14, 1778 --
Arnold under attack: September 25, 1778-February 28, 1779 --
André in New York: September 1778-April 1779 --
Delay worse than death: April 8-May 7, 1779 --
Everything at stake: May 10-May 30, 1779 --
The price of West Point: June 1779-July 1780 --
Attacking Fort Arnold: July 31-September 17, 1780 --
The floating Vulture: September 19-September 22, 1780 --
No-man's land: September 22-September 23, 1780 --
Papers of a dangerous tendency: September 23-September 25, 1780 --
A scene too shocking: September 25, 1780 --
Ready at any moment: September 26-October 2, 1780 --
The devil's reward: October 3-November 14, 1780 --
I must never return: 1780-1804.
Responsibility: Steve Sheinkin.

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An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution.

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Make history exciting

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2011-09-30) Excellent Permalink

The Notorious Benedict Arnold is an exciting historical work that reads like a novel. The book chronicles Arnold’s tumultuous childhood, his rise in the Continental Army before and during the Revolutionary war and his dissatisfaction with the Americans which lead him to become the country’s...
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