Stephen Brumwell
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
General Benedict Arnolds 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, Arnolds 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...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"It was North America's first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War. In that conflict, France and England - both allied with Native American tribes - fought each other in a series of bloody battles and terrifying raids. And no confrontation was more brutal and notorious than the massacre of the British garrison of Fort William Henry in what is now upstate New York - an incident memorably depicted in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last...