Isaac N. Arnold's Books

Before he was a traitor, Benedict Arnold was a true American hero. He was fearless in battle and a beloved leader of men. He risked his life for his country and was instrumental in the early success of the American Revolution. George Washington called him, "The bravest of the brave." His name was Benedict Arnold. What started Washington's favorite military leader down the path to treachery? In The Life of Benedict Arnold, Isaac N. Arnold, a descendant of Benedict Arnold, looks at both sides of this mysterious and compelling individual. The author shows us the complete man--Arnold's boyhood and military success, the betrayal, and his last years in England. Isaac Arnold also draws a portrait of Benedict Arnold's wife, Peggy Shippen, who played a critical role in her husband's treachery. With dozens of excerpts from the actual letters and memorandum of George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Peggy Shippen, and many others, Isaac Arnold leads us up to that moment when Benedict Arnold made his fateful decision--one which he truly believed would end the ongoing bloodshed of his fellow Americans. The Life of Benedict Arnold is a timeless and tragic tale of a disgraced American warrior. "Let me die in my old American uniform...God forgive me for putting on any other." - Benedict Arnold, on his deathbed.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Abraham Lincoln "was a tall, spare man, with large bones, and towering up to six feet and four inches. He leaned forward, and stooped as he walked. . . . There was no grace in his movements, but an expression of awkwardness, combined withøforce and vigor. By nature he was diffident, and when in crowds, not speaking and conscious of being observed, he seemed to shrink with bashfulness. . . . His forehead was broad and high, his hair was rather stiff and coarse, and nearly black, his eye-brows heavy, his eyes dark grey, clear, very expressive, and varying with every mood, now sparkling with humor and fun, then flashing with wit; stern with indignation at wrong and injustice, then kind and genial, and then again dreamy and melancholy." Isaac N. Arnold's word picture owes everything to personal observation because he knew Abraham Lincoln well for a quarter of a century. Eventually an adviser to the sixteenth president, Arnold attended his inaugurations, heard his great speeches, visited him at the White House, and on a spring day in 1865 joined the procession that carried his slain body there. Twenty years later he published his biography giving a detailed sense of Lincoln the entertaining storyteller, the shrewd politician, the steadfast visionary. Here is the story of Lincoln's rise from humble origins to the presidency, backgrounded by events leading inexorably to the Civil War. Boyhood in Kentucky and Indiana, legal and legislative experiences, marriage to Mary Todd, name-making debates with Stephen Douglas, struggles as president to end slavery and shore up the union, conduct of Northern forces as commander-in-chief, murder at Ford's Theater?all fuel the narrative drive of The Life of Abraham Lincoln.

Reproduction of the original: Sketch of the Life of Abraham Lincoln by Isaac N. Arnold

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Book's by Isaac N. Arnold

The Life of Benedict Arnold

The Life of Benedict Arnold

Chicago Historical Society, November 19, 1868. Introductory Address

Chicago Historical Society, November 19, 1868. Introductory Address

William B. Ogden, and Early Days in Chicago

William B. Ogden, and Early Days in Chicago

Early Illinois

Early Illinois

Abraham Lincoln: A Paper Read Before the Royal Historical Society, London, June 16th, 1881

Abraham Lincoln: A Paper Read Before the Royal Historical Society, London, June 16th, 1881

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Sketch of the Life of Abraham Lincoln

Sketch of the Life of Abraham Lincoln

Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago. Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers

Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago. Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers

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