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- When he was eleven years old, Benedict Arnold ran into a burning barn, climbed to the peak, and walked the ridgepole from end to end.
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- non-fiction; biography; history; military
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- George Washington; Benedict Arnold; Ethan Allen; Alexander Hamilton; Henry Knox; Horatio Gates; General Burgoyne; American soldiers; British soldiers; Peggy Shippen; John André; members of Congress; Marquis de Lafayette; hangman; provost; Nathan Hale
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- Benedict Arnold commands American forces courageously and successfully, but repeatedly alienates people and is passed over for promotion. His second wife, who is friendly with a British officer, encourages him to betray George Washington, and the fortress of West Point, to the British. The plot is exposed at the last minute. The Arnolds escape, but Major André is hanged as a spy.
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- American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; West Point
"A tale within a tale," with different layout, margins, and art style.
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- Mon General!
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- non-fiction; biography; history; military
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- George Washington; American soldiers; British soldiers; French soldiers; French sailors; Henry Laurens; Henry Knox; Alexander Hamilton; Marquis de Lafayette; provost; hangman; Nathan Hale
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- The French and Americans conduct siege operations, including a gallant attack led by Lafayette. The British surrender.
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- American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; educational; fact; siege; Virginia
On page 119 the year is twice erroneously stated to be 1871, rather than 1781.