Benedict Arnold's Navy

Benedict Arnold's Navy

Author: Nelson, James
Category: Military - United States
ISBN: 9780071468060
Format : Hardcover
Publisher : International Marine Publishing

  

James Nelson is a master both of his period and of the English language.
--Patrick OBrian, author of Master & Commander

Did America`s most despised traitor actually help win the Revolutionary War?

Benedict Arnold`s Navy tells the story of the critical battles on the northern front. Covering one of history`s great tipping point battles, award-winning author James Nelson recounts the courageous and exemplary campaign of Arnold and his cobbled-together fleet of ships against the British in the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) in October 1776. Despite losing the battle, Arnold succeeded in delaying the British long enough to force them into winter quarters, giving Washington time to train and strengthen the Continental Army.