Valiant ambition George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution
In the summer of 1776, Washington's army in Brooklyn and New York City faced one of the largest invading forces ever assembled by the British Empire. After suffering a series of devastating defeats, Washington's vulnerable and dejected troops were forced to evacuate the southern tip of Man...
| Main Author: | Philbrick, Nathaniel (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: the fault line
- Pt. 1: 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
- Pt. 2: 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.