The late years of Benedict Arnold : fugitive, smuggler, mercenary, 1780-1801 / Jane Merrill ; with John Endicott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merrill, Jane, author.

Endicott, John, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American loyalists--Canada--Biography.

American loyalists.

Smugglers--New Brunswick--Campobello Island--Biography.

Smugglers.

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.

Arnold, Benedict.

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801--Last years.

Physical Description:

viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"The life of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War general who attempted to surrender West Point to the British in 1780, didn't end after he betrayed his American compatriots. In the newly formed United States of America, he was condemned as a conspirator and in Britain, he was suspected of the same. He quickly left America, spent a short time in London, and largely operated in Canada and the Caribbean, where he became a smuggler, a mercenary and a pariah. Although much has been written about Arnold's famous fall from grace, this book is the story of a charismatic man of vaulting ambition. With new research and photographs, it delves into his last twenty years. Arnold remains an object of fascination as a toppled hero and a flagrant traitor. Another American general wrote in the 1780s that Arnold "never does anything by halves." Indeed, he lived on a big scale. This study documents each of the various points of the globe where the restless Arnold operated and lived, pursuing wealth, status, and redemption"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Growing Up Benedict

How the General Viewed His Treason

John Champe's Ride

Peggy's Nerves

Maneuvers in the James River Valley and New London, Connecticut

Ups and Downs in London

Sanctuary Province

Arrival in Saint John

Benedict's Advance in the New Province

A Smuggling Culture

Elyseum: A Potential for the Gentry

The Benefit of Friendships

The Island of Welsh Squires

Benedict's Depot

Breaking Point and Departure

Challenging a Duke

Guadeloupe

Correspondents

Last Years in London.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781476676531

1476676534

OCLC:

1125016313

Publisher Number:

99991088801