March to Quebec (original) (raw)

March To Quebec (published 1938, revised 1940) is a historical work by novelist Kenneth Roberts largely compiled from the actual journals of Colonel Benedict Arnold and several of his companions during the American Revolution. It depicts their march through the Maine wilderness in 1775 for a surprise attack upon Quebec City with the hope of adding it as a fourteenth colony. Other famous Americans included in this unsuccessful campaign: Christopher Greene, Daniel Morgan, Henry Dearborn and Aaron Burr. Drama was added by the author to flesh out the story.