Download or read book The Journal of Major John Andr written by John Andr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of Major John Andre is the journal of the famous British spy who was caught attempting to assist Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War."
Download or read book Major Andre s Journal written by John Andre and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Andre (1750 - 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British. According to Tallmadge's account of the events, he and Andre conversed during the latter's captivity and transport. Andre wanted to know how he would be treated by Washington. Tallmadge, who had been a classmate of Nathan Hale while both were at Yale, described the capture of Hale. When Andre asked whether Tallmadge thought the situations similar, he replied "Yes, precisely similar, and similar shall be your fate"-a reference to Hale's hanging as a spy by the British. In 1779, Andre became Adjutant General of the British Army in America with the rank of major. In April of that year, he took charge of British secret intelligence. By the next year (1780), he had begun to plot with American General Benedict Arnold. The story of Andre is one of those episodes of history which are most widely known and longest remembered. There is a pleasant tinge of romance about the man himself, for he was young, handsome, and possessed of many accomplishments, clever, agreeable, popular and the hero of a love-affair which has crept into a corner of English literature with enough sentiment and controversy attached to it to interest curiosity, and perhaps to touch the heart of succeeding generations. About this youthful and gallant figure gather suddenly the inexorable conditions which shut him in as relentlessly as the hand of Fate leads Orestes or Hippolytus or (Edipus to the doom which has awaited them since the beginning of years. The favorite of his commanders, a trusted staffofficer, advancing easily along the road of promotion, beloved among his fellows, popular in Society, he passes suddenly out of the sunshine of a young prosperity into the darkness of a desperate enterprise, becomes the paymaster of treason, a disguised fugitive, a prisoner, a convicted spy, and dies at last by the hangman's hands. The contrast between his life filled with a soldier's work and relieved by idle hours of music and flowers, of pageants and verse-making, and his miserable end, is hardly sharper than that which separates the grim gallows by the Hudson from the monument to his memory in Westminster Abbey. Romance, desperate adventure, and dark tragedy are all there in the story of Andre. Andre was portrayed by Michael Wilding as an eloquent and dignified idealist in the 1955 Hollywood film The Scarlet Coat. He is portrayed by JJ Feild in the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies."
Download or read book Journal of Major Andr written by John André and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major André was a British officer during the Revolutionary war. He was also a spy and was hanged for plotting to surrender New York. His journal detailing these events was discovered in 1903 and has been the inspiration for many books, films and TV series.
Download or read book Major Andr s Journal written by John André and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John André (1750 – 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.
Download or read book Major Andre s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major Andre s Journal written by John Andre and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major Andr s Journal written by John André and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major Andre s Journal written by John Andre and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
Download or read book Major Andre s Journal Operations of the British Army Under Lieutenant Generals Sir William Howe and Sir Henry Clinton written by John Andre and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Major John Andr written by Robert McConnell Hatch and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details British Major John André's negotiations with Benedict Arnold for West Point during the Revolutionary War. Instead of handling his mission with diplomacy and contrary to the orders of his mentor, General Henry Clinton, Andre crossed enemy lines and was captured carring incriminating papers. André was hanged by the Americans.
Download or read book The Execution of Major Andre written by John Evangelist Walsh and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the career, capture, and execution of the most famous Revolutionary War spy focuses on Major John Andre, a gentleman agent and secret Loyalist who collaborated with Benedict Arnold to attack West Point.
Download or read book The Life of John Andr written by D. A. B. Ronald and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Britain’s spy chief during the Revolutionary War sheds new light on his conspiracy with Benedict Arnold—and his mysterious capture. John André was head of the British Army’s Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of the high-ranking American general Benedict Arnold. As the commander of West Point, Arnold agreed to turn the strategically vital fort over to the British. André and Arnold also conspired to kidnap George Washington. The secret negotiations between Arnold and André were protracted and fraught with danger. Arnold’s wife Peggy acted as go-between until September 21st, 1780, when the two men met face to face in no-man’s-land. But then André was captured forty-eight hours later, having broken every condition set by his commanding officer: he was within American lines, wearing civilian clothes, and carrying maps of West Point in his boots. When he announced himself as a spy, the Americans had no recourse. Tried by a military tribunal, he was convicted and hanged. André’s motives for his apparent sacrifice have baffled historians for generations. This biography provides a provocative answer to this mystery—explaining not only why he acted as he did, but how he wished others to see his actions.
Download or read book Andr s Journal written by John André and published by Boston : Issued by the Bibliophile society for members only. This book was released on 1903 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of a Board of General Officers Respecting Major John Andr written by John André and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of a board of general officers that convened to discuss the conviction and execution of Major John André, a British Army officer involved in the American Revolutionary War. Including transcripts of witness testimony and debates, this book offers unique insight into the legal proceedings of the time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Major Andr s Journal written by John André and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Major John Andre written by Winthrop Sargent and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Download or read book Revolutionary Rogues written by Selene Castrovilla and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NCSS/CBC Notable Trade Social Studies Book Kansas Reading Circle Choice Bank Street College Best Book Tappantown Historical Society’s Achievement Award Young fans of the Broadway smash "Hamilton" will enjoy this riveting nonfiction picture book that unfolds like a play, telling a story from American history. Gravely injured and with little chance for more military honors, Major General Benedict Arnold seeks reward and recognition another way. He contacts Major John André, the new head of British intelligence and another man determined to prove himself. Arnold and André strike a deal and use Arnold’s intelligence to take over West Point, the strategic American fort. The plan ultimately fails, leading to André’s capture and death and Arnold’s loss of reward and glory. Author Selene Castrovilla and illustrator John O’Brien brilliantly capture the tensions and high drama of these two revolutionary rogues by highlighting their similarities and differences and demonstrating how they brought about their own tragic ends. This title also includes an afterword, timelines of the lives of both men, an extensive bibliography, and a list of key places to visit.
