Please join the DAR Library for a free lecture with Christian M. McBurney, author ofAbductions in the American Revolution: Attempts to Kidnap George Washington, Benedict Arnold and Other Military and Civilian Leaders.
The tactic of kidnapping enemy leaders, used in recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dates to the American Revolution. George Washington, who called such efforts “honorable,” supported attempts to kidnap the British commander-in-chief (twice), Benedict Arnold (after he turned traitor), and Prince William Henry (a future king of Great Britain). Washington in turn was targeted at his Morristown winter headquarters by British dragoons who crossed the frozen Hudson River. This book covers more than thirty major attempted and successful abductions of military and civilian leaders from 1775 to 1783, from Maine to Georgia, and including two in Great Britain.
Christian McBurney focuses his writing on neglected topics and long lost stories with the aim to broaden and deepen our understanding of the American Revolution. DAR Library is pleased to welcome him to the Author Lecture Series.
December 10, 2016 at 1 P.M. at DAR Headquarters
To register please go to: http://dardec10.eventbrite.com
Please join the DAR Library for a free lecture with Christian M. McBurney, author ofAbductions in the American Revolution: Attempts to Kidnap George Washington, Benedict Arnold and Other Military and Civilian Leaders.
The tactic of kidnapping enemy leaders, used in recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dates to the American Revolution. George Washington, who called such efforts “honorable,” supported attempts to kidnap the British commander-in-chief (twice), Benedict Arnold (after he turned traitor), and Prince William Henry (a future king of Great Britain). Washington in turn was targeted at his Morristown winter headquarters by British dragoons who crossed the frozen Hudson River. This book covers more than thirty major attempted and successful abductions of military and civilian leaders from 1775 to 1783, from Maine to Georgia, and including two in Great Britain.
Christian McBurney focuses his writing on neglected topics and long lost stories with the aim to broaden and deepen our understanding of the American Revolution. DAR Library is pleased to welcome him to the Author Lecture Series.
December 10, 2016 at 1 P.M. at DAR Headquarters
To register please go to: http://dardec10.eventbrite.com
