Valiant Ambition
George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
Farmington Hills, Michigan : Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 827 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
From the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award, comes a surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.
Contents:
Part I. The wilderness of untried things ; Demons of fear and disorder ; The mosquito fleet ; A cabinet of fortitude ; The year of the hangman ; The dark eagle ; Saratoga -- Part II. Secret motives and designs ; The bite of a rattlesnake ; The knight of the burning mountain ; Unmerciful fangs ; The chasm ; The pangs of a dying man ; The crash ; No time for remorse -- Epilogue : a nation of traitors.
Subjects:
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
United States. Continental Army -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
United States. Continental Army -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781410489500 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-814).