A Quest for Glory

220 pp., 6 x 9

Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-6508-8
Published: June 2011

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Awards & distinctions

1991 Society Cup, Lower Cape Fear Historical Society

Born into a wealthy and prominent Cape Fear River plantation family, Howe became a militia officer, justice of the peace, and legislator. In 1775 he was appointed colonel of the Second North Carolina Regiment and became commanding general of the Southern Department and the highest ranking officer in the states south of Virginia. He also served as a division commander with General Washington's main army in the New York Highlands, commanded the crucial West Point post, and put down mutinies in the American army.

Originally published in 1991.

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Reviews

"A lucid, well-researched book on a fascinating soldier. It casts valuable light on the Revolutionary War in both the North and the South."--Don Higginbotham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"A Quest for Glory reveals the facts behind the rumors and gossip that throughout most of his adult life plagued Major General Robert Howe, North Carolina's highest ranking officer of the American Revolution. . . . Bennett and Lennon have come too late for General Howe, but they provide the modern reader with an intriguing account of a man deeply wronged."--William S. Powell, author of North Carolina through Four Centuries