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02895aam a2200421 i 4500 001 842F242EC63411E9B2362BFE96128E48 003 SILO 005 20190824010020 008 170615r20172016nyua b 001 0ceng d 010 $a bl2017021489 020 $a 0143110195 020 $a 9780143110194 (pbk.) 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d SILO 050 14 $a E206 $b .P48 2017b 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 082 14 $a 920 $2 15 100 1 $a Philbrick, Nathaniel, $e author. 245 10 $a Valiant ambition : $b George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution / $c Nathaniel Philbrick. 260 $a $b $c 2017 300 $a xvii, 427 p., [32] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 22 cm 500 $a MAR19. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-403) and index. 520 $a From the New York Times bestselling historian comes a surprising account of the Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy after a foiled attempt to surrender the fortress at West Point to the British. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from within. By deftly intertwining the stories of Washington and Arnold, Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the dark path America traveled during its revolution while challenging some of our most celebrated narratives. Complex, controversial, and dramatic, VALIANT AMBITION is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. 600 10 $a Arnold, Benedict, $d 1741-1801. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. 600 10 $a Arnold, Benedict, $d 1741-1801. 610 10 $a United States. $b Continental Army $v Biography. 610 17 $a United States. $b Continental Army $v Biography. $2 sears 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Traitors $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. $2 sears 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $v Biography. 651 7 $a United States $x History $y 1775-1783, Revolution $v Biography. $2 sears 775 08 $a Philbrick, Nathaniel. $i Reproduction of (manifestation): $t Valiant ambition $d New York, New York : Viking, [2016] $w (DLC) 2016303785 941 $a 1 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20190824011044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=842F242EC63411E9B2362BFE96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search