Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 - Brossura

Desjardin, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312339054 ISBN 13: 9780312339050

Casa editrice: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

Riassunto

A gripping account of Benedict Arnold's tumultuous march on Fort Quebec describes how a hurricane, blizzard, and countless deaths and desertions failed to weaken the resolve of the American troops in a campaign that weakened the British and nearly took Canada from the British forces. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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L'autore:

THOMAS DESJARDIN is the Historic Site Specialist for the State of Maine. He is the author of Stand Firm, Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign and These Honored Dead: How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory.

Product Description:

Before Benedict Arnold was branded a traitor, he was one of the colonies' most valuable leaders. In September 1775, eleven hundred soldiers boarded ships in Massachusetts, bound for the Maine wilderness. They had volunteered for a secret mission, under Arnold's command to march and paddle nearly two hundred miles and seize British Quebec. Before they reached the Canadian border, hundreds died, a hurricane destroyed canoes and equipment and many deserted. In the midst of a howling blizzard, the remaining troops attacked Quebec and almost took Canada from the British simultaneously weakening the British hand against Washington. With the enigmatic Benedict Arnold at its center, Tom Desjardin has written one of the great American adventure stories.

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• Editore: St. Martin's Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312339054
• ISBN 13: 9780312339050
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256