Benedict Arnold, revolutionary hero : an American warrior reconsidered /
American warrior reconsidered
James Kirby Martin.
- New York : London: New York University Press, 2000.
- xvii, 535 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-526) and index.
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.
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Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
United States. Continental Army --Biography. Etats-Unis. Continental Army --Biographies.
American loyalists--Biography. Generals--United States--Biography. Loyalistes americains--Biographies. Generaux--Etats-Unis--Biographies.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Etats-Unis--Histoire--1775-1783 (Revolution).