Benedict Arnold, revolutionary hero : an American warrior reconsidered / James Kirby Martin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, James Kirby, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c1997.
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Table of 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.