{"product_id":"valiant-ambition-george-washington-benedict-arnold-and-the-fate-of-the-american-revolution-9780143110194","title":"Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the George Washington Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, f\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In the Hurricane's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay be one of the greatest what-if books of the age--a volume that turns one of America's best-known narratives on its head.\"\u003ci\u003e--Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClear and insightful,  \u003ci\u003eValiant Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction.\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, \u003ci\u003eValiant Ambition \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-268102\"\u003eNathaniel Philbrick\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143110194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143110195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036030\"\u003eUnited States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027110\"\u003eMilitary | United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eBunker Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the New England Book Award;\u003ci\u003e Sea of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhy Read Moby Dick?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAway Off Shore\u003c\/i\u003e. 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