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Thirteen Charges Against Benedict Arnold

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Author : Ennis Duling
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-07-30

Thirteen Charges Against Benedict Arnold written by Ennis Duling and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-30 with History categories.

Years before General Benedict Arnold betrayed the American cause, a young officer and attorney named John Brown brought 13 charges of misconduct against him and called for his arrest, Brown was shuttled from one general to another, and finally to George Washington, before powerful politicians decided in Arnold's favor without hearing from Brown or any other witnesses. Historians have continued to ignore the accusations, finding Brown's charges to be false, and even absurd. In fact, some are unquestionably true, and all are worthy of investigation. John Brown was an early hero of the Revolution, a legislator, envoy, spy, and accomplished field officer. His charges and his many proposed witnesses are a starting point for a reevaluation of Arnold's conduct in the war--on his storied march up Maine's Kennebec River to Canada, during the winter siege of Quebec, and at the battles of Valcour Island and Saratoga. What emerges from Brown's charges is a story of deceit and misconduct, and of prominent leaders and historians turning a blind eye in order to maintain exciting myths.

Thirteen Charges Against Benedict Arnold

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Author : Ennis Duling
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-07-29

Thirteen Charges Against Benedict Arnold written by Ennis Duling and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-29 with History categories.

Years before General Benedict Arnold betrayed the American cause, a young officer and attorney named John Brown brought 13 charges of misconduct against him and called for his arrest, Brown was shuttled from one general to another, and finally to George Washington, before powerful politicians decided in Arnold's favor without hearing from Brown or any other witnesses. Historians have continued to ignore the accusations, finding Brown's charges to be false, and even absurd. In fact, some are unquestionably true, and all are worthy of investigation. John Brown was an early hero of the Revolution, a legislator, envoy, spy, and accomplished field officer. His charges and his many proposed witnesses are a starting point for a reevaluation of Arnold's conduct in the war--on his storied march up Maine's Kennebec River to Canada, during the winter siege of Quebec, and at the battles of Valcour Island and Saratoga. What emerges from Brown's charges is a story of deceit and misconduct, and of prominent leaders and historians turning a blind eye in order to maintain exciting myths.

Traitor The Case Of Benedict Arnold

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Author : Jean Fritz
language : en
Publisher: Puffin
Release Date : 1989

Traitor The Case Of Benedict Arnold written by Jean Fritz and has been published by Puffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year An ALA Notable Book for Children A Horn Nonfiction Honor BookAll he wanted was to be a hero. And to have money and the best clothes. And to be promoted to a ranking major general. Simple, normal ambitions. Not for Benedict Arnold. The trouble with him was that he carried everything too far. Where did it lead? To treason.An accelerated Reader® Title

The Life Of Benedict Arnold

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Author : Isaac N. Arnold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

The Life Of Benedict Arnold written by Isaac N. Arnold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A Republic Of Scoundrels

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Author : David Head
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-12-05

A Republic Of Scoundrels written by David Head and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-05 with History categories.

The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s. We now have a clear-eyed understanding of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton; even so, they are often considered American saints, revered for their wisdom and self-sacrificing service to the nation. However, within the Founding Generation lurked many unscrupulous figures—men who violated the era’s expectation of public virtue and advanced their own interests at the expense of others. They were turncoats and traitors, opportunists and con artists, spies, and foreign intriguers. Some of their names are well known: Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr. Others are less notorious now but were no less threatening. There was Charles Lee, the Continental Army general who offered to tell the British how to defeat the Americans, and James Wilkinson, who served fifteen years as a commanding general in the US Army, despite rumors that he spied for Spain and conspired with traitors. The early years of the republic were full of self-interested individuals, sometimes succeeding in their plots, sometimes failing, but always shaping the young nation. A Republic of Scoundrels seeks to re-examine the Founding Generation and replace the hagiography of the Founding Fathers with something more realistic: a picture that embraces the many facets of our nation’s origins.

The Tragedy Of Benedict Arnold An American Life

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Author : Joyce Lee Malcolm
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-05-01

The Tragedy Of Benedict Arnold An American Life written by Joyce Lee Malcolm and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with History categories.

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.

The Papers Of Thirteen Early Ohio Political Leaders

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Author : Linda Elise Kalette
language : en
Publisher: Ohio Historical Society.
Release Date : 1977

The Papers Of Thirteen Early Ohio Political Leaders written by Linda Elise Kalette and has been published by Ohio Historical Society. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Political Science categories.

Benedict Arnold Military Racketeer

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Author : Edward Dean Sullivan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932

Benedict Arnold Military Racketeer written by Edward Dean Sullivan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Generals categories.

Turncoat

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Author : Stephen Brumwell
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-29

Turncoat written by Stephen Brumwell and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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

The Life Of Benedict Arnold

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Author : Isaac N. Arnold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905

The Life Of Benedict Arnold written by Isaac N. Arnold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with United States categories.