Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution
2016
973.30922 P545 2016 M MB
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Title
Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution
Published
New York : Viking, 2016.
Description
xix, 427 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
973.30922 P545 2016 M MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)933729300
Note
Maps on lining papers.
Account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-403) and index.
Contents: Preface. The fault line -- pt. I. The wilderness of untried things -- 1. Demons of fear and disorder -- 2. The mosquito fleet -- 3. A cabinet of fortitude -- 4. The year of the hangman -- 5. The dark eagle -- 6. Saratoga -- pt. II. Secret motives and designs -- 7. The bite of a rattlesnake -- 8. The knight of the burning mountain -- 9. Unmerciful fangs -- 10. The chasm -- 11. The pangs of a dying man -- 12. The crash -- 13. No time for remorse -- Epilogue. A nation of traitors.
L2016M78
Author's inscribed presentation copy to SOC.
Account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-403) and index.
Contents: Preface. The fault line -- pt. I. The wilderness of untried things -- 1. Demons of fear and disorder -- 2. The mosquito fleet -- 3. A cabinet of fortitude -- 4. The year of the hangman -- 5. The dark eagle -- 6. Saratoga -- pt. II. Secret motives and designs -- 7. The bite of a rattlesnake -- 8. The knight of the burning mountain -- 9. Unmerciful fangs -- 10. The chasm -- 11. The pangs of a dying man -- 12. The crash -- 13. No time for remorse -- Epilogue. A nation of traitors.
L2016M78
Author's inscribed presentation copy to SOC.
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