Major General Richard Montgomery: The Making of an American Hero, 2d ed.

Incorporating new scholarship and archival discoveries, this biography profiles Richard Montgomery, a forgotten hero of the Revolutionary War. A former British officer born in Ireland, Montgomery served in North America during the Seven Years' War and commanded the American invasion of Canada in 1775. That fall, his soldiers seized two British forts, occupied Montreal, and captured most of the British regulars in Canada before his death at Quebec City on December 31.

The first and highest-...