Voices from a Wilderness Expedition: The Journals and Men of Benedict Arnold's Expedition to Quebec in 1775

by Stephen Darley

The purpose of "Voices from a Wilderness Expedition" is to reawaken the now silent voices of the brave men who made this historic march from Cambridge to Quebec with Benedict Arnold in 1775. It is not a chronological history of the expedition but rather provides details and new information about the men who participated and, equally important, the journals that recorded the hardships of the march. It provides significant new information on both the men and the journals that has never been published.

The book features the following: a comprehensive roster of 1125 names of officers and men, by company, who were on the expedition; first ever bibliogrphy of all printings of 30 journals written by participants; transcription of 6 previously unpublished journals, three of which were found in the University of Glasgow Library; new biographical information on Col Roger Enos and Capts Hendricks, Hubbard, Hanchett, McCobb, Williams and Goodrich; identification of name and history of Capt Scott, a previously unknown company commander.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Charles A. Mayhood · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sheer quantity of information packed into this book makes it worth adding to your library - and the author has laid it out in a very easy-to-follow format. It is always great to find works with more first-hand accounts than interpretation and opinion.