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

By: St. Martin's Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (St. Martin's Press)

Last Stocked on 5/18/2017

Product Info

Title
Through a Howling Wilderness - Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775
Publisher
Category
Author
Thomas Desjardin
Publish Year
2007
Pages
256
Dimensions
5.5x8x.75"
NKG Part #
2147474750
Type
Softcover

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.