Benedict Arnold's Navy Book

?Benedict Arnold?s Navy is an excellent book.?. --Associated Press. ?This book must be on the shelf of anyone who is. interested in our struggle for independence, a war. we should not have won against the strongest nation. on earth, but did.?. --Sea History. ?A suspenseful, vivid account.?. --Wall Street Journal. ?Nelson?s finely written narrative is a winner.?. --Naval History. ?James Nelson is a master both of his period and of. the English language.?. --Patrick O?Brian, author of. Master And Commander. Covering one of history?s great ?tipping point?. battles, Benedict Arnold?s Navy recounts the courageous. and exemplary campaign of Arnold and his. cobbled-together fleet of ?ships? against a much. superior British force in the Battle of Valcour Island. (Lake Champlain) in October 1776.This landmark. book shows how Arnold?s fearless leadership against. staggering odds in a northern wilderness secured for. America the independence that he would later try. to betray.Read More