Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold always carried things too far. As a boy he did crazy things like climbing atop a burning roof and picking a fight with the town constable. As a soldier, he was even more reckless. He was obsessed with being the leader and the hero in every battle, and he never wanted to surrender. He even killed his own horse once rather than give it to the enemy. Where did the extremism lead Arnold? To treason. America's most notorious traitor is brought to life as Jean Fritz relays the engrossing story of Benedict Arnold -- a man whose pride, ambition, and self-righteousness drove him to commit the heinous crime of treason against the United…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-101-07820-4
- EAN: 9781101078204
- Produktnummer: 18050212
- Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 507 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.
Über den Autor
Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! We're Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association, and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children's literature.
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