CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE: THE PRICE OF HONOR

TWO: GREAT EXPECTATIONS

THREE: DESCENT

FOUR: THE FORTUNES OF WAR

FIVE: TAKING CHARGE

SIX: SMOOTH AND CHOPPY WATERS

SEVEN: LOVE, MARRIAGE, DUELS, AND HONOR

EIGHT: “MY COUNTRY CALLED”

NINE: THE RACE TO SEIZE FORTS

TEN: BURIED IN THE PUBLIC CALAMITY

ELEVEN: HONOR IN A “DIREFUL HOWLING WILDERNESS”

TWELVE: A FIERCE ATTACK, A WINTER SIEGE

THIRTEEN: DEFENDING THE LAKES

FOURTEEN: DON’T TREAD ON ME

FIFTEEN: “BESMIRCHED HONOR”

SIXTEEN: SAVAGE WARFARE

SEVENTEEN: DEFENDING NEW YORK, AGAIN

EIGHTEEN: THE FATAL BLOW

NINETEEN: THE WAGES OF VICTORY

TWENTY: THE EYE OF THE STORM

TWENTY-ONE: THE COURT-MARTIAL

TWENTY-TWO: BECOMING GUSTAVUS MONK

TWENTY-THREE: TREASON

TWENTY-FOUR: BRIDGES BURNED

TWENTY-FIVE: AFTERWORD

FINAL THOUGHTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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