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I had the opportunity to speak with Jack Kelly, author of the new book Valcor, the 1776 campaign that saved the cause of liberty.

Kelly's earlier works include Band of Giants, which is a more general look at the

Revolutionary War.

He's also written an interesting book on the history of gunpowder. His latest work, Valcourt, just released in April 2021.

It looks at the effort to prevent a British invasion of New York from Quebec after the British pushed the Americans out of Canada and back into New York.

I spoke with Mr. Kelly over a remote call.

Jack Kelly, welcome to the American Revolution Podcast. call. to talk about your new book, Valcourt, which of course is about the Battle of Valcourt Island.

The Battle of Benedict Arnold fought with the British Naval Battle in 1776.

Yeah, and like I always emphasize it's really about the campaign

beginning from July until November it was the entire campaign all parts of it were significant. The battles obviously the high point.

So what drew you to the topic of Valcourt to begin with? I know you've written on a wide

variety of things. What stood out about Valcourt? A number of years ago I wrote a book called

Man of Giants and I tried to give an overview of the Revolutionary War and sort of an intro to the war

focusing on different personalities.

And I came across the Battle of Battle of Corioli.

I'd sort of heard of it.

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