That makes me want to give a cantankerous, middle-aged SQUEEEE of delight! I'm always delighted to read about my relative's adventures in the American Revolution. With his “Mayflower”, I got a fulsome story about Plymouth Colony and a remarkable 100 years of relative peace with the Indians, ending with the carnage of King Philip’s War. Reed was in correspondence with the members of Congress who were behind it. And for so many numerous other generals, and all around movers and shakers of the American Revolution. The experiment had failed. So I have heard of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere (not Paul Revere and the Raiders from Boise), Benjamin Franklin, George Washington crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge, of course Benedict Arnold and that is about it…Just as even well-known stories often have a subtext or an often hidden opposing vantage point, Just as even well-known stories often have a subtext or an often hidden opposing vantage point, Learned a lot about Benedict Arnold, never knew how he became maybe the most famous traitor ever.For my "Year of Rebellion", I've been brushing up on my American Revolutionary War history. In Philbrick's capable hands A new Arnold biography would've been a great book. Valiant Ambition (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143110194, $18.00) A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In the end, Americans hated him because he was a traitor, and the Brits hated him because he had caused them so much trouble. Valiant Ambition (Hardcover) George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series #2) By Nathaniel Philbrick. So I have heard of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere (not Paul Revere anI have read a fair amount of military history over the last 40 years, but ironically not about the American Revolutionary War. Philbrick is a superb historian and writer, garnering a National Book Award (In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex). A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army. )Again and again while reading this book, I was impressed by Nathaniel Philbrick’s perceptiveness. Book review: Valiant Ambition.George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking Books. The fact is, had Arnold been killed at Saratoga, he would have also been one of the most revered. For Washington, “rules mattered”; for Arnold, “rules were made to be broken.” For Philbrick, both Arnold and his enemies offer proof that “the greatest danger to America’s future came from self-serving opportunism masquerading as patriotism.” Perhaps Arnold’s treason did help the Americans come to that realization.

It’s how you finish. They’re both obviously compelling characters on their own, but the use of the comparison doesn’t seem to do what he wants it to do. Other Editions of This Title: Digital Audiobook (5/9/2016) Paperback (5/9/2017) CD-Audio (5/10/2016) He references that there will be a next book in his acknowledgements. He spoke crudely. He said nothing overt, but just handed the letter to Reed with an apology for opening the letter. 4 He was stopped by American militiamen at Tarrytown, where he blundered and revealed himself as a British officer. Instead, the near success of Arnold’s treason regalvanized the patriot cause: “Arnold’s treason had had a riveting effect. The New York and Pennsylvania campaigns have been studied in depth since the smoke cleared, with superb modern accounts coming from the pens of McCullough, Fischer, Schecter, and Ferling. Viking. Valiant Ambition is the 11 th book by Philbrick, who specializes in early United States history, especially of the seafaring sort. That account ended with the English forces retiring from Boston to Nova Scotia.


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