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Article: Benedict Arnold's Navy.(Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- November 1, 2006
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Benedict Arnold's Navy
James L. Nelson
The McGraw Hill Companies
Two Penn Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10121-2298
0071468064 $24.95 www.books.mcgraw-hill.com 1-877-833-5524
Written by award-winning historian and rig ship sailor James L. Nelson, Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution is the true story of the Battle of Valcour Island, in which a hastily comprised American fleet led by Benedict Arnold stood against the superior numbers and power of the British navy during the War for Independence. ...