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warfare
Warner, Jemima
Warner, Seth
Warren, Benjamin
Warren, Joseph
warships. See also specific warship
British
preparations of
Washington (row galley)
Washington, George
army in Morristown of
Arnold’s dealings with
Canadian recruitment desire of
Continental Army moved by
Cornwallis surrendering to
court-martial delay and
difficulties facing
Gates as adjutant for
Hudson Valley command from
leadership of
Quebec regiments from
Stark not promoted and
trembling for America
troop organization by
Waterbury, David
welfare of continent
West Point
wheat field battle
Whitcomb, Benjamin
Wilkinson, James
Willett, Marinus
Williams, Roger
Woedtke, Baron de
Wolcott, Oliver
Wolfe, James
Wolfe’s Cove
Wool, Isaiah
Wooster, David
Wynkoop, Jacobus
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About the Author
JACK KELLY is a journalist, novelist, and historian, whose books include Band of Giants, which received the DAR’s History Award Medal. He has contributed to national periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, and is a New York Foundation for the Arts fellow. Kelly has appeared on The History Channel and has been interviewed on National Public Radio. He grew up in a town in the canal corridor adjacent to Palmyra, Joseph Smith’s home. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
FRONTISPIECE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
LIST OF MAPS
AUTHOR’S NOTE
EPIGRAPH
PART ONE: TO ARMS—1775
1. War
2. Fort Ticonderoga
3. Public Calamity
4. The Welfare of the Continent
5. Above the Common Race of Men
6. The Most Terrible Night
PART TWO: A FIGHTING GENERAL—1776
7. On the Lake
8. Stained with Blood
PART THREE: IN HELL BEFORE NIGHT—1777
9. Dearer Than Life
10. Devilish Fighting Fellow
11. A Faithful Soldier
12. Or Die in the Attempt
13. Freeman’s Farm
14. Now or Never
15. We Will Have Some Fun
PART FOUR: DOWNFALL—1780
16. Trust
17. Explanations
18. Life and Death
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ALSO BY JACK KELLY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
GOD SAVE BENEDICT ARNOLD. Copyright © 2023 by Jack Kelly. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Maps by Joy Taylor
Cover design by Nikolaas Eickelbeck
Cover art: Battle of Saratoga © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2023/Bridgeman Images; texture © Siede Preis/Getty Images
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kelly, Jack, 1949– author.
Title: God save Benedict Arnold: the true story of America’s most hated man / Jack Kelly.
Other titles: True story of America’s most hated man
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023031027 | ISBN 9781250281951 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250281968 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Arnold, Benedict, 1741–1801. | American loyalists—Biography. | Generals—United States—Biography. | United States. Continental Army—Biography. | United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783.
Classification: LCC E278.A7 K455 2023 | DDC 973.3092 [B]—dc23/eng/20230712
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