Homegrown Terror (The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books)

by Eric D. Lehman

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On September 6, 1781, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold and a force of 1,600 British soldiers and loyalists took Fort Griswold and burnt New London to the ground. The brutality of the invasion galvanized the new nation, and "Remember New London!" would become a rallying cry for troops under General Lafayette. In Homegrown Terror, Eric D. Lehman chronicles the events leading up to the attack and highlights this key transformation in Arnold-the point where he went from betraying his comrades to massacring his neighbors and destroying their homes. This defining incident forever marked him as a symbol of evil, turning...Read more
  • ISBN10 0819573299
  • ISBN13 9780819573292
  • Publish Date 5 February 2015 (first published 1 January 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 May 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher University Press of New England
  • Imprint Wesleyan University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 296
  • Language English