George Washington And Benedict Arnold

by Palmer, Dave R.

• ISBN13: 9781596980204
• ISBN10: 1596980206
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Regnery History

Summary

Complete with maps and illustrations, George Washington and Benedict Arnold presents the amazing story of two would-be patriots, one who became the father our country, the other became a man without a country.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE Philadelphia	1	(10)
CHAPTER TWO Family	11	(10)
CHAPTER THREE Childhood	21	(16)
CHAPTER FOUR Self-Made Men	37	(18)
CHAPTER FIVE Radicals	55	(16)
CHAPTER SIX War Clouds	71	(8)
CHAPTER SEVEN To War	79	(28)
CHAPTER EIGHT Taking the Offensive	107	(14)
CHAPTER NINE Winning Independence	121	(36)
CHAPTER TEN Defending the United States, 1776	157	(42)
CHAPTER ELEVEN "Like Apes for Nuts"	199	(22)
CHAPTER TWELVE Defending the United States, 1777	221	(30)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Arnold Crippled	251	(10)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Washington Challenged	261	(18)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Different Roads	279	(24)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Stillness Before the Storm	303	(10)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Black Year	313	(16)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN On the Edge	329	(10)
CHAPTER NINETEEN Setting the Stage	339	(10)
CHAPTER TWENTY "Arnold Has Betrayed Us!"	349	(20)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE "Erase from the Register"	369	(6)
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO New London and Yorktown	375	(8)
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Legacy	383	(6)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Character	389	(8)
SUGGESTED READINGS	397	(4)
MAPS	401	(6)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	407	(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	411	(2)
INDEX	413