History & Heritage: Nathaniel Philbrick
Wednesday, February 15, 2017Time 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Speaking on his most recent book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution (May 2016).
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 | 4:30pm | Auditorium
What if Benedict Arnold’s treason was not an act that split the nation but instead was the glue that bound it together and saved it? After four years of war, America is forced to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from within. Valiant Ambition is a complex, controversial, and dramatic portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation; A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.