Benedict Arnold's navy
Subtitle: the ragtag fleet that lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but won the American Revolution
By: James L. Nelson.
Publisher: International Marine/McGraw-Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Camden, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, -- 1741-1801.; United States. -- Continental Navy -- History.; Valcour Island, Battle of, N.Y., 1776.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.; New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.; New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.; Champlain, Lake, Region -- History, Naval -- 18th century.; Champlain, Lake, Region -- History, Military -- 18th century.
Description: Covering one of history's great battles, Benedict Arnold's Navy recounts the courageousand exemplary campaign of Arnold and his cobbled-together fleet of ships against a much superior British force in the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) in October 1776. This landmark book shows how Arnold's fearless leadership against staggering odds in a northern wilderness secured for America the independence that he would later try to betray.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-380) and index.