Author: Will Maartin
Publisher: Legacy Lost Publishing
ISBN: 0983930740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Benedict Arnold—few names in American history are as infamous. And for more than two centuries, readers of American history have asked: “Why did Benedict Arnold betray his country?” Although branded as this nation’s most villainous traitor from the very beginning, those who knew him then, and readers of history ever since, have wondered if Arnold had some other motive. Benedict Arnold – Legacy Lost (A Ghost’s Story), presents that motive and answers the question: why?
Author: Courtney McInvale
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625857152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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The founder of Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours sheds light on the supernatural stories of the Constitution State. Bloody battlefields and raucous taverns in Connecticut served as the backdrop for pivotal figures and bold actions vital to the American Revolution. Nathan Hale is said to still conduct lessons in New London and East Haddam, and many suspect that George Washington occasionally visits the Shaw Mansion and Fairfield's Sun Tavern. The presence of notorious traitor Benedict Arnold is often felt in the Leffingwell Inn and at Ye Antientist Burial Ground in New London, where he commanded troops numbering 1,600 as a newly turned Loyalist. Picnickers claim to see apparitions of wounded soldiers seated among them at Fort Griswold in Groton. Step foot into a time when the Sons of Liberty, Tories and Patriots changed the course of history as author Courtney McInvale uncovers the Revolutionary haunts of Connecticut.
Author: Gretchen A. Adams
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226005429
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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In The Specter of Salem, Gretchen A. Adams reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Schoolbooks in the 1790s, for example, evoked the episode to demonstrate the new nation’s progress from a disorderly and brutal past to a rational present, while critics of new religious movements in the 1830s cast them as a return to Salem-era fanaticism, and during the Civil War, southerners evoked witch burning to criticize Union tactics. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, Adams ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. “Imaginative and thoughtful. . . . Thought-provoking, informative, and convincingly presented, The Specter of Salem is an often spellbinding mix of politics, cultural history, and public historiography.”— New England Quarterly “This well-researched book, forgoing the usual heft of scholarly studies, is not another interpretation of the Salem trials, but an important major work within the scholarly literature on the witch-hunt, linking the hysteria of the period to the evolving history of the American nation. A required acquisition for academic libraries.”—Choice, Outstanding Academic Title 2009
Author: Lucy Schall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 161069290X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Covering the genres popular with today's teensfiction and nonfiction, including poetry and graphic novelsthis resource provides 110 great book choices for young adult reading, interactive booktalks, and individual writing activities. All educators and library professionals need practical resources with easily accessible information and activities that can be immediately applied. Teen Talkback with Interactive Booktalks! is such a resource, supplying ready-to-use, interactive booktalks and curriculum connections for more than 100 recently published young adult books. This unique book is an invaluable tool for motivating teens to read. It shows how to make booktalks interactive and get teens participating in the presentation, rather than passively listening. Book selections include titles published from 2008 to 2012 organized in seven categories: Issues, Contemporary, Adventure/Survival, Mystery/Suspense, Fantasy, Heritage, and Multiple Cultures. Complete bibliographical information for each selection is included along with a literary classification as well as an age/grade level and gender designation. The read-alouds passages include talkback questions to facilitate discussion, and related works are supplied as suggestions for additional reading choices.
Author: Pam Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Contains entries for over 1,300 books aimed at young adult readers. Titles have been selected on the basis of their currency, appeal to readers, and literary merit.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Author: Allison Pataki
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476738602
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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"Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold's age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride's beauty and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John André. Peggy watches as her husband, crippled from battle wounds and in debt from years of service to the colonies, grows ever more disillusioned with his hero, Washington, and the American cause. Together with her former love and her disaffected husband, Peggy hatches the plot to deliver West Point to the British and, in exchange, win fame and fortune for herself and Arnold."--from cover, page [4].
Author: Will Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983930716
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Within this work of historical fiction, the author describes Arnold's struggles with George Washington, as well as friends and family, to remove the stain of treason from his name. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Arnold did not act alone in his treasonous act. And it was none other than George Washington who, in his struggle for power and influence during the formation of a new Nation's government, kept the secret about Arnold's true motives from surfacing. As one of the millions of Americans who has wondered about Benedict Arnold's actions, and one who has spent nearly 10 years researching the man and the truths behind the purported "facts," the author has written Benedict Arnold Legacy Lost (A Ghost's Story) to cast this controversial American figure in a new light. Although some readers may find the novel's portrayal of Arnold's innocence troublesome; many others will find its plotline intriguing. In the end, every reader will be lead to ask: What if?
Author: Alleen Pace Nilsen
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Introduction to young adult literature to help motivate teenagers become life-long readers. Reader friendly and comphrehensive.
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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
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