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Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution

Summary: An "account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold."--NoveList.

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ISBN: 0525426787
ISBN: 9780525426783
Physical Description: xix, 427 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, black and white ; 24 cm
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Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-403) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: The fault line -- Part I: The wilderness of untried things -- Chapter One: Demons of fear and disorder -- Chapter Two: The mosquito effect -- Chapter Three: A cabinet of fortitude -- Chapter Four: The year of the hangman -- Chapter Five: The dark eagle -- Chapter Six: Saratoga -- Part II: Secret motives and designs -- Chapter Seven: The bite of a rattlesnake -- Chapter Eight: The knight of the burning mountain -- Chapter Nine: Unmerciful fangs -- Chapter Ten: The chasm -- Chapter Eleven: The pangs of a dying man -- Chapter Twelve: The crash -- Chapter Thirteen: No time for remorse -- Epilogue: A nation of traitors.