The Real Benedict Arnold

Author : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0395776090

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The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy Pdf

Every account of the American Revolution mentions Benedict Arnold and brands him--correctly--as a traitor. There's no question that Arnold, an American army officer, switched his loyalty to the British side. Over the years, however, historians, partisans, and gossips have added to Arnold's unsavory reputation by distorting, embroidering, or simply ignoring factual details. In this informed and thoughtful account, Jim Murphy goes in search of the real man behind the "traitor" label, rumors, and folktales that became part of the Benedict Arnold legend. Drawing on Arnold's few surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries, Murphy builds a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reverberate through American history. Dramatic accounts of crucial battles and political maneuvers round out this lively biography of a patriot who could have been a hero.

Author : Steve Sheinkin
Publisher : Flash Point
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1429951354

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The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin Pdf

Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale. The Notorious Benedict Arnold is the winner of the 2011 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction.

Author : Charles Burr Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0795004354

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The Real Benedict Arnold by Charles Burr Todd Pdf

Author : Jane Merrill,John Endicott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476638645

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The Late Years of Benedict Arnold by Jane Merrill,John Endicott Pdf

The life of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War general who attempted to surrender West Point to the British in 1780, didn't end after he betrayed his American compatriots. In the newly formed United States, he was condemned as a conspirator and in Britain, he was suspected of the same. He quickly left America, spent a short time in London, and largely operated in Canada and the Caribbean as a smuggler, a mercenary and a pariah. Although much has been written about Arnold's famous fall from grace, this book is the story of a charismatic man of vaulting ambition. With new research and photographs, it delves into his last twenty years. Arnold remains fascinating as a toppled hero and a flagrant traitor. Another American general wrote in the 1780s that Arnold "never does anything by halves"; indeed, he lived on a big scale. This study documents each of the various points of the globe where the restless Arnold operated and lived, pursuing wealth, status, and redemption.

Author : Charles Burr Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015005013076

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The Real Benedict Arnold by Charles Burr Todd Pdf

Author : Charles Burr Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1331317282

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The Real Benedict Arnold (Classic Reprint) by Charles Burr Todd Pdf

Excerpt from The Real Benedict Arnold "I would give a great deal for a true, unbiased, concise biography of Benedict Arnold," said a bright young clergyman to the writer, "one that would reveal the hidden springs of his action in betraying his country. Do you know, the reasons given in the histories never seemed to me sufficient; and on the principle of giving the devil his due I have an unpleasant impression that he has not been fairly treated." To fill the want mentioned by the clergyman this book has been written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534131262

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The Real Benedict Arnold by Virginia Loh-Hagan Pdf

Everyone knows his story, but do you know the REAL history behind the story of Benedict Arnold? History has never been so juicy! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, timeline, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance comprehension.

Author : Willard Sterne Randall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : American loyalists
ISBN : 1612306063

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Benedict Arnold by Willard Sterne Randall Pdf

Explores the career of Benedict Arnold as patriot and soldier and his treasonous decision and betrayal during the Revolutionary War.

Author : Joyce Lee Malcolm
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681778167

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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life by Joyce Lee Malcolm Pdf

A vivid and timely re-examination of one of young America’s most complicated figures: the war hero turned infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold. Proud and talented, history now remembers this conflicted man solely through the lens of his last desperate act of treason. Yet the fall of Benedict Arnold remains one of the Revolutionary period’s great puzzles. Why did a brilliant military commander, who repeatedly risked his life fighting the British, who was grievously injured in the line of duty, and fell into debt personally funding his own troops, ultimately became a traitor to the patriot cause? Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm skillfully unravels the man behind the myth and gives us a portrait of the true Arnold and his world. There was his dramatic victory against the British at Saratoga in 1777 and his troubled childhood in a pre-revolutionary America beset with class tension and economic instability. We witness his brilliant wartime military exploits and learn of his contentious relationship with a newly formed and fractious Congress, fearful of powerful military leaders, like Arnold, who could threaten the nation’s fragile democracy. Throughout, Malcolm weaves in portraits of Arnold’s great allies—George Washington, General Schuyler, his beautiful and beloved wife Peggy Shippen, and others—as well as his unrelenting enemy John Adams, British General Clinton, and master spy John Andre. Thrilling and thought-provoking, The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold sheds new light on a man—as well on the nuanced and complicated time in which he lived.

Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Compass Point Books
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756562496

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The Real Benedict Arnold by Jessica Gunderson Pdf

Benedict Arnold may be the most prominent villain in United States history. But was he the truly evil man that American folklore has made him out to be? In the beginning of the American Revolution, he was a staunch patriot and military hero, but by the end of the war his frustration led him to betray his nation. The bad reputation that resulted has lived on in infamy.

Author : James K. Martin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0814756468

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Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero by James K. Martin Pdf

This landmark biography stands as an invaluable antidote to the historical distortion surrounding the life of Benedict Arnold.

Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698153233

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Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye. "May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on its head.”—Boston Globe "Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction."—Wall Street Journal In the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, Valiant Ambition is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.

Author : Barry Wilson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773568976

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Benedict Arnold by Barry Wilson Pdf

While most biographies of Arnold concentrate on his revolutionary exploits and subsequent treason, Wilson explores his role in Canadian history and the routes that brought him to Canada. He takes the reader into rural Quebec in the 1760s and 1770s when Arnold toured the area as a Yankee trader and goes behind the scenes in 1775-76 when Arnold's American forces almost captured Quebec after an amazing trek through the Maine wilderness. Wilson explores Arnold's business exploits in Saint John, New Brunswick, the emerging Loyalist port town where for six years Arnold commanded an international trading network before returning to England. Written for those interested in unexpected tales from Canada's colourful history, Benedict Arnold follows Arnold's life from the battlefields of New England to the siege of Quebec, from the high seas to the day-to-day details of running a trading company in Saint John. Wilson offers a detailed, sometimes sympathetic, portrait of this controversial and complex man.

Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300235180

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Turncoat by Stephen Brumwell Pdf

A historian examines how a once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause became its most dishonored traitor. General Benedict Arnold’s failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revolution, Arnold’s defection came as an appalling shock. Contemporaries believed he had been corrupted by greed; historians have theorized that he had come to resent the lack of recognition for his merits and sacrifices. In this provocative book Stephen Brumwell challenges such interpretations and draws on unexplored archives to reveal other crucial factors that illuminate Arnold’s abandonment of the revolutionary cause he once championed. This work traces Arnold’s journey from enthusiastic support of American independence to his spectacularly traitorous acts and narrow escape. Brumwell’s research leads to an unexpected conclusion: Arnold’s mystifying betrayal was driven by a staunch conviction that America’s best interests would be served by halting the bloodshed and reuniting the fractured British Empire. “Gripping… In a time when charges of treason and disloyalty intrude into our daily politics, Turncoat is essential reading.”—R. R. B. Bernstein, City College of New York “The most balanced and insightful assessment of Benedict Arnold to date. Utilizing fresh manuscript sources, Brumwell reasserts the crucial importance of human agency in history.”—Edward G. Lengel, author of General George Washington “An incisive study of the war and the very meaning of the American Revolution itself…. The defining portrait of Arnold for the twenty-first century.”—Francis D. Cogliano, author of Revolutionary America

Author : Arthur S. Lefkowitz
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611211122

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Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes by Arthur S. Lefkowitz Pdf

This “gripping” history recounts the lives of American patriots who were a part of Arnold’s failed Canadian invasion during the Revolutionary War (Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty! The American Revolution). Hundreds of men followed Col. Benedict Arnold in an expedition to capture Quebec in 1775. After Arnold was wounded, his troops found themselves outnumbered and trapped inside the city. Award-winning author and Revolutionary-era historian, Arthur S. Lefkowitz takes a close look at some of the brave veterans who fought in Arnold’s failed campaign and explores the extraordinary lives they led afterward. In Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes, Lefkowitz paints vividly detailed portraits of early American patriots who continued their fight for independence after Arnold’s campaign. Some of the men portrayed include Charles Porterfield (who led troops at Brandwine); Daniel Morgan (the hero of Cowpens); Henry Dearborn and Timothy Bigelow (who fought alongside Arnold at Saratoga); Christian Febiger and Return Jonathan Meigs (who were at the forefront of the attack on Stony Point); Simeon Thayer (who refused to surrender at Fort Mifflin); and Col. Aaron Burr (whose wartime record was overshadowed by his later political career and duel with Alexander Hamilton). Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes “will delight readers who are looking for something new about the War of Independence” (John Ferling, author of Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence).