A History of the George Arnold Family in America & England
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Page : 360 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1990
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Page : 360 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1990
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Author : Ethan L. Arnold
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 1958
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The Arnold family immigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1635, and later moved to Rhode Island.
Author : Ethan Laverne ARNOLD
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File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 1958
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Author : James K. Martin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 19,27 MB
Release : 2000-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814756461
This landmark biography stands as an invaluable antidote to the historical distortion surrounding the life of Benedict Arnold.
Author : George Canning Hill
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 11,90 MB
Release : 1865
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Author : Dave Richard Palmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1596981644
From 1775 through 1777, George Washington and Benedict Arnold were America's two most celebrated warriors. Their earlier lives had surprisingly parallel paths. They were strong leaders in combat, they admired and respected each other, and they even shared common enemies. Yet one became our greatest hero and the other our most notorious traitor. Why? In the new paperback edition of George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots, author and military historian Dave Palmer reveals the answer: character.
Author : George Arnold
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Page : 623 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
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Author : Raymond Barrie Arnold
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Arnold Family
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Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300235186
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 : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 10,71 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395776094
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.